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CHARLES   LAFAYETTE   BROWN,   D.D. 


nori!    December   .i, 
Died    December   5, 


1874.    in    Tredell   County,    North   Carolina. 
1921,   at    Sanoghie,    Liberia,    West   Africa. 


In  Memoriam 


Charles  Lafayette  Brown 


Prepared  by  the  Officers  of  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  of  the  United  Lutheran  Church 

in  America 


EZRA  K.  BELL,  President 
LUTHER  B.  WOLF 
GEORGE  DRACH,  Secretaries 


For  Private  Distribution 


PUBLISHED  BV  THE  BOARD. 
18    EAST   MT.    VERNON    PLACE.    BALTIMORE,   MD. 

1922. 


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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Biographical  Sketch,  by  George  Drach 3 

Tributes  and  Minutes 21 

Quotations  from  Letters,  arranged  by  Ezra  K. 
Bell   59 

Excerpts     from      Publications,     arranged     by 
Luther  B.  Wolf 90 


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Charles  Lafayette  Brown 

Minister,  Missionary,  Board  Secretary 
By  George  Drach 

^'  I  '*0  devote   one's  life  to   foreign  mission  effort 
3    ^       requires   the   ardor  of   a  crusader,  the  valor 
_  of  an  adventurer,  the  zeal  of  a  devotee,  the  endur- 
\  ance   of   a  martyr,   the   wisdom   of   a   philosopher, 
3  the  fidelity  of  a  disciple  and  the  faith  of  a  Chris- 
tian.     Foreign     missionaries    are   men   and   women 
who  dei>end  implicitly  on  God's  grace  and  griidance, 
'  who  believe  His  promises  and  obey  His  command- 
ments  with   unquestioning   devotion,   who  hope   for 
the  triumph   of   His  kingdom  everywhere  on  earth 
despite     continued     disappointments     and     seeming 
failure. 

Secular  history  records  the  names  of  men  whose 
undaunted  courage  as  bold  adventurers  led  them  to 
unknown  lands  and  through  uncharted  seas,  heroes 
of  great  physical  efifort  and  endurance,  whom  death 
could  not  daunt,  leaders  of  mighty  armies  whose 
ambition  for  dominion  outreached  their  ability  to 
hold  what  they  gained. 

Greater  far  than  the  lust  for  earthly  power  is 
the  passion  for  spiritual  conquest;  mightier  than 
the  valor  of   nation-builders   is   the  persistent   faith 

3 

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4  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

of  Christian  world-conquerors.  The  kingdom  of 
God  is  stronger  and  wider  and  more  permanent 
than  any  secular  empire.  The  conquest  of  the 
world  for  Christ  is  the  goal  of  all  Christian  en- 
deavor. God  has  given  the  world  and  them  that 
dwell  therein  to  the  missionaries  of  His  Church. 

Charles  Lafayette  Brown  was  a  foreign  mission- 
ary with  his  whole  heart  and  mind  and  spirit.  Every 
atom  of  his  being  responded  to  the  Lord's  call  for 
the  triumph  of  Christianity  in  all  the  world.  His 
best  book  bears  the  title  "Japan  for  Christ."  His 
best  years  were  given  to  the  Christianization  of  the 
land  of  the  Rising  Sun.  He  was  chosen  as  a  Board 
Secretary  on  his  record  as  a  foreign  missionary.  He 
died  in  the  pursuit  of  his  high  calling  as  an  advo- 
cate of  Christianity  among  non-Christians.  His 
body  lies  buried  in  the  heart  of  Liberia,  West 
Africa.  He  is  a  missionary  hero  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  in  America. 

Boyhood  and  Youth 
Charles  Lafayette,  the  fifth  child  of  Robert  H. 
Brown  and  his  wife  Susan  Amelia  nee  Brown,  was 
born  December  3,  1874,  on  a  farm  in  Iredell  county, 
North  Carolina.  His  father  was  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent,  his  mother,  a  niece  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Roth- 
rock,  after  whom  she  was  named,  was  a  member 
of  a  widespread  family  who  descended  from  the 
German  Browns  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Salis- 
bury, North  Carolina.  Though  of  the  same  name, 
there  was  no  blood  relationship  between  husband 
and  wife.  While  Charles  was  a  small  boy  his  father 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  5 

gave  up  farming  and  went  to  Charlotte  to  engage 
in  business  as  a  merchant.  When  he  was  nine  and 
one-half  years  old,  his  mother  died.  She  was  a 
woman  of  gentle,  refined  and  deeply  religious  char- 
acter with  a  towering  faith  in  God  and  His  Word. 
She  taught  her  children  from  their  infancy  to  know, 
love  and  serve  God  and  to  go  to  Him  in  prayer 
for  all  things.  For  several  years  before  her  demise 
she  was  an  invalid  who  patiently  bore  her  affliction. 
Her  instruction  and  example  left  a  deep  and  abid- 
ing impression  on  her  children. 

After  his  mother's  death  Charles  was  sent  to  his 
cousin.  Pleasant  Brown,  to  board  and  to  attend  the 
school  taught  by  Miss  Dora  Fleegor,  now  Mrs. 
Brown,  of  Hendersonville,  N.  C.  Later,  when  he 
was  twelve  or  thirteen  years  old  he  went  to  live 
for  about  two  years  with  his  uncle  and  aunt,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Ouantz,  of  Richmond,  Virginia. 
While  in  Richmond  he  learned  the  printer's  trade. 
Under  the  influence  of  his  aunt  he  decided  to  be- 
come a  minister  of  the  Gospel.  His  father,  who 
had  failed  in  his  business  and  had  returned  to  the 
occupation  of  farming  in  Spartansburg  county, 
South  Carolina,  was  in  no  position  financially  to 
assist  his  son.  Charles  was  determined  to  prepare 
himself  for  college  and  was  encouraged  by  his 
uncle  and  aunt.  He  went  back  to  Rowan  county 
to  resume  his  studies  under  Prof.  Lewis  Rothrock, 
who  w^as  an  excellent  teacher.  For  his  board  he 
worked  on  the  farm  of  his  kinsman,  Mr.  Holz- 
hauser,  burning  the  midnight  oil  to  prepare  his  les- 
sons in  school. 


6  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Another  uncle,  Rev.  Samuel  Rothrock,  D.D.,  a 
country  preacher  all  his  life,  but  so  distinguished 
that  the  University  of  North  Carolina  conferred  on 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity,  gave 
Charles  in  his  impressionable  youth  special  atten- 
tion and  helped  to  shape  his  aims  and  mould  his 
character. 

His  sister,  Mrs.  P.  D.  Risinger,  of  Landis,  North 
Carolina,  the  only  surviving  member  of  the  family, 
testifies  that  her  brother  in  his  boyhood  was  "never 
rough  or  boisterous,  but  quiet,  reserved  and  very 
conscientious.  His  father  was  a  kind  man  and  a  de- 
voted husband,  refined,  genteel  and  honest  to  a 
fault.  He  was  loved  and  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.  Financial  misfortune  overtook  him  and 
he  lost  his  property."  He  died  in  his  daughter's 
home  in  Ehrhardt,  South  Carolina,  on  March  4, 
1921,  nine  months  before  his  distinguished  son, 
whose  filial  piety  was  a  source  of  comfort  and 
strength  to  the  aged  parent  during  the  closing  years 
of  his  life. 

College  Days 

Charles  entered  Roanoke  College,  Salem,  Vir- 
ginia, in  September,  1892,  as  a  sophomore,  being 
then  seventeen  years  of  age.  His  teachers  found  in 
him  a  diligent  and  careful  student.  He  was  always 
prepared  for  the  class  recitations,  thus  exemplify- 
ing in  his  youth  the  Latin  phrase,  "Semper  paratus." 

He  became  a  member  of  the  Demosthenean  Lit- 
erary Society  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Young 
Men's     Christian     Association.     Rev.     C.     Armand 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  7 

Miller,  D.D.,  was  then  pastor  of  the  college  church, 
and  his  attractive  personality  made  a  deep  impres- 
sion on  all  the  students.  Throughout  his  college 
life  Brown  responded  to  the  appeal  of  Dr.  Miller's 
personal  piety  and  fine  scholarship.  Brown's  foren- 
sic ability  was  recognized  by  his  fellow-students 
and  teachers.  In  his  junior  year  the  Demostheneans 
were  anxious  to  capture  the  inter-society  orator's 
medal.  Brown,  their  best  orator,  was  induced  to 
try  for  it.  He  w^on  the  honor  for  his  class.  He  was 
the  valedictorian  at  the  commencement  exercises  in 
1895.  He  did  not  go  in  for  athletics,  for  which 
there  was  not  the  enthusiasm  then  that  there  is  now. 

He  was  a  faithful  attendant  at  the  church  ser- 
vices, at  Sunday  School  and  at  young  people's 
meetings.  Through  the  two  latter  the  college  stu- 
dents were  introduced  to  Salem  society  and  made 
those  acquaintances  which  sometimes  led  to  matri- 
mony. Brown  met,  wooed  and  won  Virginia 
Frantz  of  Salem,  while  he  was  a  college  student. 
They  were  married  September  29,  1898,  in  Salem, 
after  his  ordination,  just  before  sailing  for  Japan. 

One  of  his  classmates  in  the  Lutheran  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  writes  that 
as  a  theological  student  Brown  conscientiously  and 
eagerly  studied  the  entire  Gospel  record  by  a  con- 
secutive reading  of  the  New  Testament  in  the 
Lutheran  Commentary.  To  him  the  Bible  was  truly 
the  inspired  Word  of  God,  the  means  of  divine 
grace  through  Jesus  Christ.  To  preach  and  teach  it 
was  a  grave  responsibility  as  well  as  a  high  privi- 
lege. He  spared  no  effort  in  his  preparation  for  the 


8  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

holy  ministry.     He  was  graduated  from  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1898.     True  to  the  teaching  of 
his  professors  he  refrained  from  offering  his  ser- 
vice  for  any   specific    work    in    the    Church,    but 
waited  for  God  to  indicate  to  him  through  a  call 
mediated  by  men,  where  he  should  go  and  labor  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.    Shortly  before  his  gradu- 
ation he  received  a  call   from  the  congregation  at 
Graham,   Virginia,  but  just  before   commencement 
the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  United  Synod  in  the 
South  sent  him  an  urgent  call  to  serve  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  Japan.    He  felt  it  to  be  his  duty  to  accept 
this  call.     He  was  ordained  in  1898  at  the  meeting 
of  the  South  West  Virginia  Synod,  from  which  he 
had  received  some  beneficiary  aid.      After  an  ex- 
tended tour  on  the  territory  of  the  United  Synod, 
urging  the  congregations  to  rally  to  the  support  of 
the  Japan  Mission,  he  sailed  that  fall  for  the  mis- 
sion field. 

Missionary  in  Japan 

When  Brown  arrived  in  Japan  in  November, 
1898,  he  went  to  Saga  on  the  island  of  Kyushu, 
where  Missionaries  Scherer  and  Peery  had  opened 
the  Mission.  Up  to  the  time  of  his  arrival,  five 
years  after  the  Mission  had  been  begun,  all  evan- 
gelistic work  had  been  confined  to  Saga  and  several 
smaller  towns  in  its  vicinity.  Brown's  arrival 
brought  new  hope  and  inspired  new  effort,  and  im- 
mediately a  Japanese  evangelist  was  sent  to  Kuma- 
moto  to  open  the  second  station.  After  two  years 
of  language  study  in  Saga,  Brown  moved  to  Kuma- 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  9 

moto  on  December  lo,  1900.  At  the  same  time 
Rev.  J.  M.  T.  Winther,  the  first  missionary  of  the 
United  Danish  Church  in  America,  went  to 
Kurume. 

In  Kumamoto  he  devoted  himself  to  evangelistic 
work  and,  assisted  by  his  wife,  established  and  de- 
veloped a  number  of  Sunday  schools.  The  need  of 
securing  Japanese  evangelists  and  pastors,  if  the 
Church  in  Japan  were  to  become  indigenous,  called 
for  the  establishment  of  a  middle  school;  but  the 
Home  Board  felt  itself  financially  unable  to  author- 
ize the  undertaking.  Brown,  backed  by  the  other 
missionaries,  pressed  for  a  solution  as  a  matter 
which  involved  the  very  existence  of  the  Mission. 
When  he  returned  to  America  on  regular  furlough 
in  June,  1906,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Board  to 
present  the  need  of  a  misson  school  at  the  meeting 
of  the  United  Synod  in  the  South,  in  session  at 
Dallas,  North  Carolina.  He  pleaded  earnestly  and 
successfully  and  the  Synod  resolved  to  undertake 
the  task.  Brown  was  commissioned  to  solicit  in 
the  churches  for  the  sum  of  $25,000.  Sickness  in 
his  family  delayed  his  return  to  Japan  until  October, 
1908.  By  that  time  he  had  secured  the  desired 
amount. 

When  he  got  back  to  Kumamoto  a  fresh  study  of 
the  problem  showed  the  inadequacy  of  the  amount 
raised.  The  price  of  land,  labor  and  material  had 
advanced  after  Japan's  successful  war  with  Russia. 
A  suitable  lot  was  purchased  in  November,  1909, 
and  there  the  matter  rested  until  Rev.  A.  J.  Stire- 
walt  came  to  America  on  furlough  in  1910.  Through 


10  BROWX  MEMORIAL 

his  effort  during  an  extended  furlough  period  an 
additional  $25,000  were  secured.  Meanwhile  the 
first  buildings  were  being  erected  under  Brown's 
supervision.  Before  their  completion  in  19 12  the 
first  class  of  students  was  admitted  in  April.  191 1. 
Those  who  applied  for  admission  numbered  22S, 
but  there  was  room  for  only  122.  The  next  year 
-75  applied  and  96  could  be  admitted.  The  school 
now  enrolls  nearly  six  hundred  pupils  in  five 
classes.  It  is  a  Middle  School  under  the  Japan 
system  of  education,  recognized  by  the  government. 
The  missionaries  named  it  Kvnishu  Gakuin.  Kyushu 
literally  means  the  nine  province  island.  Gakko  is 
the  Japanese  name  for  school.  Gakuin  signifies  a 
school  of  more  than  one  department.  K\-ushu  Gak- 
uin was  begim  with  two  departments,  a  middle 
school  and  a  theological  department  It  is.  there- 
fore, the  Nine  Province  Department  School  of  the 
American  Lutheran  Mission  in  Japan. 

K\-iishu,  the  most  southern  of  the  four  large 
islands  of  Japan,  has  a  population  of  7.500,000.  and 
an  area  nearly  as  large  as  the  states  of  \"irginia, 
South  Carolina  and  Georgia  combined.  Besides 
KjTishu  Gakuin  there  are  two  similar  Mission 
Schools  for  boys  in  the  island,  each  more  than  150 
miles  away  by  raiL  The  latitude  oi  Ki::namoto  is 
about  the  same  as  that  of  Savannah,  Ga.  It  has  a 
population  of  75,000,  is  situated  near  the  center  of 
the  island  and  is  its  undisputed  educational  center. 
Brown  saw  the  educational  advantage  of  locating 
the  Mission  Middle  School  in  this  city. 

Pupils  are  received  at  Kvushu  Gakuin  v.hen  thev 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  11 

are  twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age,  after  having  had 
the  six  years'  compulsory  primary  course  in  a  gov- 
ernment school.  From  Kyushu  Gakuin  the  pupils 
go  for  a  three  years'  course  to  a  government  high 
school  and  tlien,  if  they  decide  to  enter  the  holy 
ministry,  to  the  Theological  Seminary.  Recently  the 
Mission  had  decided  on  a  separate  Theologcal 
Seminary,  to  be  located  in  Tokyo,  and  to  cost  about 
$100,000.  It  has  appealed  to  the  United  Lutheran 
Church  in  America  to  provide  this  important  insti- 
tution. Several  Japanese  students  in  America  are 
being  prepared  in  our  Theological  Seminaries  for 
professorships  in  the  Tokyo  Seminary.  Others, 
studying  in  America,  will  return  to  Japan  to  do 
evangelistic  and  pastoral  work. 

All  the  students  in  Kyushu  Gakuin  are  given  op- 
portunity in  the  classroom  instruction,  in  Bible 
classes  and  in  the  chapel  services  to  learn  the  truths 
of  Christianity.  Many  have  embraced  this  oppor- 
tunity and  the  proportion  of  students  baptized  dur- 
ing their  attendance,  is  exceptionally  high.  The 
students  are  practically  all  from  non-Christian 
homes.  Their  parents  know  that  they  will  be 
brought  under  the  influence  of  Christian  mission- 
aries and  teachers.  Even  though  many  of  the  stu- 
dents do  not  embrace  Christianity,  they  learn  to 
appreciate  its  spirit,  lay  aside  their  prejudices  and 
become  friendly  in  their  attitude  towards  Chris- 
tianity. Graduates  of  Kyushu  Gakuin  are  now 
among  the  leaders  in  our  Lutheran  Church  in  Japan 
and  some  of  them  hold  high  government  positions. 

As  a  lasting  memorial   to   its    founder,    Charles 


12  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Lafayette  Brown,  a  chapel  will  be  erected  on  the 
campus  of  Kyushu  Gakuin  at  a  cost  of  $35,000.  In 
it  the  Word  of  God  which  he  believed,  obeyed,  and 
preached,  will  be  proclaimed  to  tliousands  of  Japa- 
nese students  throughout  the  coming  years,  and 
many  will  learn  to  know  Jesus  Christ  and  embrace 
Him  as  their  Saviour  and  Lord. 

Board  Secretary 
When  Rev.  Robert  C.  Holland,  D.D.,  President 
and  General  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  of  the  United  Synod  in  the  South,  died  in 
December,  191 5,  the  Board  at  once  turned  to  Dr. 
Charles  L.  Brown,  the  President  of  the  Mission 
Conference  in  Japan,  and  called  him  to  serve  as 
General  Secretary  for  the  period  of  his  furlough, 
then  due,  with  the  view  to  permanency.  Arriving 
in  America  in  May,  1916,  he  threw  himself  vigor- 
ously into  the  active  performance  of  the  manifold 
duties  of  the  secretaryship  and  did  so  well  that  when 
the  merger  of  the  general  bodies  of  Lutherans, 
forming  the  United  Lutheran  Church  in  America, 
was  consummated,  resulting  in  the  consolidation  of 
their  respective  Foreign  Mission  Boards,  Dr.  Brown 
was  unanimously  chosen  one  of  the  three  Secre- 
taries of  the  united  board.  He  served  as  Secretary 
for  Japan,  Africa,  South  America,  Mission  Study, 
Transportation  and  Stereopticon  Department.  The 
manner  in  which  he  speedily  mastered  the  detail  of 
his  assigned  departments  bore  evidence  of  his  effi- 
ciency as  an  administrator.  His  public  advocacy  of 
the  cause  of  Foreign  Missions,  especially  when  he 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  13 

spoke  of  the  mission  work  in  Japan,  always  won 
close  attention  and  led  to  deeper  interest  and  greater 

effort. 

For  his  ability  and  achievements  as  a  missionary, 
Lenoir  College,  Hickory,  North  Carolina,  in  1907, 
and  his  Alma  Mater,  Roanoke  College,  Salem,  Vir- 
ginia, in  1916,  conferred  on  him  the  honorary  degree 
of  doctor  of  divinity.  While  he  lived  in  Columbia, 
South  Carolina,  as  General  Secretary  of  the  South- 
ern Board,  he  taught  in  the  Lutheran  Theological 
Seminary  in  that  city,  and  was  a  weekly  contributor 
of  articles  published  in  the  Foreign  Mission  De- 
partment of  the  Lutheran  Church  Visitor.  Many 
pamphlets  and  leaflets  were  issued  from  his  pen. 
Everything  he  wrote  revealed  his  clear  insight  into 
the  problems  of  Christian  Missions  in  Japan,  and 
his  world-wide  outlook  as  an  advocate  of  Chris- 
tianity. 

Last  Journey 

After  serA'ing  two  and  one-half  years  in  the  office 
of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  United 
Lutheran  Church  in  America,  the  National  Luth- 
eran Council  chose  him  as  one  of  two  special  com- 
missioners to  investigate  conditions  in  the  former 
German  Lutheran  mission  fields  in  equatorial  East 
Africa.  He  left  New  York,  accompanied  by  Rev. 
A.  C.  Zeilinger  of  the  Iowa  Synod,  on  April  16,  192:1. 
They  went  to  East  Africa  by  w^ay  of  India,  reach- 
ing Mombassa  on  June  12th.  From  Tanga,  twelve 
days  later,  they  journeyed  inland.  During  their  tour 
of  inspection  in  the  former  Leipsic,  Berlin  and  Biele- 


14  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

feld  fields  in  what  is  known  as  the  Tanganyika  Ter- 
ritory, they  walked  nearly  500  miles  through  primi- 
tive interior  country  inhabited  by  aboriginal  negroes, 
undergoing  many  physical  hardships.  By  confer- 
ence with  the  English  officials  of  the  territory,  with 
the  two  German  missionaries  who  had  been  allowed 
to  remain  in  the  field  and  those  of  other  societies, 
with  the  native  leaders  and  people  who  had  been 
converted  to  Christianity,  the  commissioners  accom- 
plished that  which  they  had  been  sent  to  do.  They 
succeeded  in  making  arrangements  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  missions  as  Lutheran  missions  under  the 
care  and  direction  of  American  Lutheran  Synods. 
Their  cablegrams  and  reports  to  the  National  Luth- 
eran Council,  signed  by  Dr.  Brown  as  chairman  of 
the  commission,  clearly  indicated  with  what  con- 
summate wisdom  and  careful  judgment  they  pur- 
sued their  difficult  task  and  accomplished  their 
purpose. 

Leaving  East  Africa  September  i,  1921,  Dr. 
Brown  went  back  to  India  and  spent  two  weeks  in 
the  Guntur  and  Rajahmundry  fields  of  our  India 
Mission.  Unfortunately  we  shall  never  know  what 
information  he  gathered  and  what  advice  he  would 
have  given,  for  his  notes  and  diary,  written  in 
India,  are  too  meagre  and  disconnected  to  permit 
a  correct  interpretation  without  his  personal  com- 
ments. 

At  Marseilles,  France,  he  made  close  connections 
with  a  steamer  for  Freetown,  Sierra  Leone.  He 
reached  Monrovia,  Liberia,  on  Saturday,  November 
5,  192 1.     The  steamship  anchored  in  the  open  bay 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  15 

before  the  city  too  late  that  night  to  discharge  its 
passengers.  Sunday  morning  the  mail  boat  brought 
a  note  from  the  General  Receiver,  Mr.  H.  F. 
Worley,  asking  Dr.  Brown  to  be  his  guest  in  Mon- 
rovia. Miss  Elsie  Otto  of  the  Mission  in  Liberia 
came  down  from  Muhlenl>erg  Station  on  Monday 
and  on  Tuesday  morning  at  1 1  o'clock  they  took  the 
launch  up  the  St.  Paul  river.  After  some  delay 
Millsburg  was  reached  at  7.30  P.  M.,  where  a  dozen 
mission  boys,  led  by  Miss  Marie  Martens,  met  them 
and  escorted  them  over  the  two  miles  of  the  road 
to  Muhlenberg.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Traub  had 
invited  all  the  missionaries  to  dinner.  It  was  a  joy- 
ful company  of  men  and  women,  welcoming  one  of 
the  Secretaries  of  the  Board,  and  they  were  deeply 
impressed  by  his  fine  Christian  spirit  and  his  sym- 
pathetic understanding  of  their  unique  missionary 
problems.  Besides  the  missionaries  already  men- 
tioned, Sister  Laura  Gilliland,  Miss  Mabel  Dysinger 
and  Mr.  James  W.  Miller  were  present. 

Dr.  Brown  visited  first  the  Boys'  School  at  Muh- 
lenberg Station  and  the  Emma  V.  Day  Girls'  School 
on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  He  examined  all  the 
buildings  and  departments  of  the  mission  work  at 
the  main  station  and  then,  on  November  14th,  he 
started  for  the  interior.  An  itinerary  had  been 
arranged  for  him  and  the  President  of  the  Confer- 
ence, Rev.  Charles  E.  Buschman,  was  to  accompany 
him.  They  first  visited  the  new  station  of  Kolojo, 
to  which  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Buschman  were  moving 
from  Wuodi.  On  this  trip  Dr.  Brown  had  his  first 
experience  wMth  a  hammock  as  a  vehicle  for  travel- 


16  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

ing  through  the  inland  bush  of  Liberia.  In  the  after- 
noon on  the  way  from  the  school  taught  be  Alonzo 
Turkle,  to  Kolojo,  they  were  caught  in  a  torrent  of 
rain  and  reached  their  destination  at  5.30  P.  M., 
wet  to  the  skin.  At  Kolojo  they  arranged  the  details 
of  the  trip  to  the  other  stations  in  the  interior  and 
to  the  territory  of  the  proposed  new  stations  nearer 
the  French  border. 

From  the  closing  pages  of  his  diary  the  following 
notes  are  quoted:  "Arrived  at  Kolojo,  I  had  a  warm 
bath  and  changed  my  wet  clothing.  I  had  eaten  only 
cheese  and  bread  for  breakfast  and  lunch  and  was 
hungry.  I  ate  a  big  dinner  of  rice  and  salmon  and 
cofifee.  We  did  not  get  away  from  Kolojo  on  Wed- 
nesday owing  to  the  tired  condition  of  the  porters. 
Wednesday  we  spent  in  palaver  with  them  about  the 
further  journey.  The  chief  of  a  nearby  village  came 
in  and  brought  some  rice  meal  as  a  present,  but 
before  handing  over  the  meal  he  took  a  spoonful 
and  ate  it  to  show  that  it  was  not  poisoned.  They 
call  it  "Taking  the  witch  off."  Two  short  para- 
graphs, recording  personal  observations,  follow,  and 
the  diary  ends. 

Brown  and  Buschman  got  to  Sanoghie,  a  two  and 
one-half  days'  journey  from  Kolojo  on  foot,  over 
bush  paths,  but  no  farther.  Buschman  died  of  sun- 
stroke on  November  25th,  and  Brown  of  typhoid 
fever  with  complications  on  December  5th.  Dr. 
Fuszek,  of  Monrovia,  for  whom  the  women  mis- 
sionaries at  the  station  had  sent,  arrived  too  late  to 
give  the  sufferers  medical  attention.  Those  who 
ministered  to  Dr.  Brown  in  his  last  illness  were  Sis- 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  17 

ter  Ruth  Robeson,  who  was  stationed  at  Sanoghie, 
Sister  Jennie  Larmonth,  who  hastened  over  from 
Kpolopele,  when  word  reached  her  by  carrier  from 
Sister  Ruth,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Buschman,  who  came  up 
from  Kolojo  and  arrived  at  Sanoghie  five  days  after 
the  death  of  her  husband,  and  Miss  Marie  Martens, 
who  accompanied  Mrs.  Buschman.  In  the  absence  of 
an  ordained  missionary  the  bodies  were  buried  at 
Sanoghie,  Mr.  Robert  Stewart,  a  native  helper,  con- 
ducting a  short  service.  There  they  He,  side  by  side, 
in  the  land  and  among  the  people  for  whom  they 
gave  their  lives;  but  their  souls  go  marching  on, 
leading  those  who  will  follow  into  the  farther  in- 
terior, into  the  unreached  territory  of  the  Kpele  and 
allied  tribes,  into  the  villages  of  primitive  negroes, 
to  whom  the  Gospel  must  still  be  preached. 

Two  days  after  his  47th  birthday  Charles  L. 
Brown  passed  from  the  Church  militant  to  the 
Church  triumphant.  Over  his  grave  we  would  write 
the  words  of  the  prophet  Daniel :  "They  that  turn 
many  to  righteousness  shall  shine  as  the  stars  for- 
ever and  ever." 

When  the  news  of  Dr.  Brown's  death  reached 
Baltimore  by  cablegram  to  the  office  of  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  it  brought  sorrow  and  mourning 
to  the  hearts  of  all  who  received  the  sad  intelligence. 
His  widow  and  sons  bowed  in  patient  submission  to 
the  will  of  God,  though  the  last  letter  of  the  departed 
had  led  them  to  hope  for  his  return  soon  after 
Christmas.  Charles  Alfred,  the  eldest  son,  was  bom 
in  Nagasaki,  Robert  Marshall  and  Richard  Halley  in 
Kumamoto,  Japan.     As  they  gather  in  their  family 


18  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

circle  in  the  evening,  they  will  remember  how  he 
loved  to  spend  his  evening  at  home  with  them,  read- 
ing aloud  to  the  family  or  joining  with  the  children 
in  play.  When  they  rise  each  morning,  they  will 
recall  how  he  always  began  the  day's  work  with 
family  prayers.  He  never  failed  to  remember  the 
birthdays  of  the  members  of  his  family  and  always 
had  some  small  token  of  love  to  give  in  remem- 
brance of  the  day  celebrated.  In  his  home  as  else- 
where he  was  a  man  of  God,  a  disciple  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

The  first  public  Memorial  Service  was  held  in 
connection  with  the  farewell  service  to  Rev.  and 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Curran  on  December  30,  192 1,  in  the 
Church  of  the  Epiphany,  New  York  City,  Rev. 
M.  L.  Canup,  Pastor.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Curran  were 
on  their  way  back  to  the  mission  field  in  Liberia, 
where  Dr.  Brown  had  died.  Rev.  A.  Steimle,  D.D., 
Chairman,  introduced  the  speakers.  Secretary  Dr. 
George  Drach,  representing  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  Secretary  Dr.  M.  G.  G.  Scherer  and  Presi- 
dent Dr.  F.  H.  Knubel,  representing  the  United 
Lutheran  Church,  paid  tribute  to  the  departed  Dr. 
C.  L.  Brown  and  Rev.  C.  E.  Buschman. 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  United 
Lutheran  Church  in  America  held  two  memorial 
services  in  his  memory,  one  on  Sunday  afternoon, 
January  8,  1922,  in  the  First  Lutheran  Church,  Bal- 
timore, of  which  the  President  of  the  Board,  Rev. 
Ezra  K.  Bell,  D.D.,  is  the  pastor,  and  of  which  Dr. 
Brown  was  a  member,  the  other  in  the  inner  circle 
of  Board  membership  at  the  meeting  of  the  Board 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  19 

on  January  26,  1922.  Those  who  paid  tribute  to  his 
memory  at  the  public  service  were  the  President  and 
Secretaries  of  the  Board.  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Greever,  Dr. 
M.  M.  Kinard,  Prof.  Dr.  H.  E.  Jacobs  and  mission- 
aries Dr.  C.  K.  Lippard  and  F.  D.  Smith. 

An  Estimate  of  His  Character 
A  study  of  the  Hfe  of  Charles  L.  Brown  reveals 
traits  of  Christian  character,  which  are  altogether 
admirable  and  which  are  manifestly  the  products  of 
Christian  faith  and  education.  The  record  of  his 
life  as  a  student,  a  missionary  in  Japan,  and  a  Board 
Secretary,  is  marked  throughout  by  implicit  trust  in 
God  as  revealed  through  Jesus  Christ  in  His  Word, 
conscientious  devotion  to  every  recognized  duty, 
however  irksome,  cautious  thinking  and  careful 
preparation  for  the  performance  of  every  task,  and 
untiring  fidelity  to  details.  He  had  the  ability  to 
think  a  problem  through  to  a  satisfactory  conclu- 
sion and  then  to  state  his  case  in  a  logical  and  con- 
vincing manner.  In  his  relations  with  other  men 
he  was  slow  to  anger,  considerate  of  the  other's 
opinions,  calm  and  deliberate  in  judgment,  courteous 
in  speech  and  demeanor,  tactful  in  giving  advice, 
patient  under  opposition  or  adversity,  and  unselfish 
in  his  ambitions,  never  thrusting  himself  or  his 
opinion  forward  in  an  endeavor  to  gain  prefennent 
or  distinction  above  his  fellows.  He  met  the  obliga- 
tions of  his  appointed  task  with  an  eye  single  to  the 
service  of  truth  and  duty,  serving  God  rather  than 
man.  He  was  untiring  in  his  efiforts  to  complete 
any  task   which   he  had  decided  to  do.     He  never 


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BROWN  MEMORIAL 


shirked  or  slackened  effort,  physical  or  mental,  be- 
cause his  work  involved  difficulty  or  even  danger. 
He  was  not  ashamed  of  his  Christian  convictions 
and  was  always  ready  to  state  them  to  an  inquirer 
or  to  defend  them  against  an  adversary.  His  life 
bears  witness  of  the  grace  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 
What  the  Sacred  Record  testifies  concerning  Barna- 
bas, who  with  the  Apostle  Paul  shares  the  distinction 
of  being  the  first  foreign  missionary  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church,  may  be  unhesitatingly  said  of  Charles 
Lafayette  Brown :  "He  was  a  good  man  and  full  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith." 


Tin-   l-'i(.-Iu   M'_  whul-   JJr.  (_".   L.  Jirown  sewed  as  a  .Missionary  for  Eighteen  Years. 


MUHLENBERG  MISSION   FIELD,   LIBERIA,  AFRICA. 
Tlie    Field    in   which    Dr.    C.    L.    Brown    Died. 


Tributes 

To  the  Memory  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Charles  L.  Brown 

IN  MEMORIAM 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Foreic.n  Missions  at 
Its  Meeting  on  January  26,  1922 

THE  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  son  of  Robert 
H.  Brown  and  his  wife,  Susan  A.  Brown. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  the  elementary 
schools  of  the  community.  In  youth  he  followed 
the  printer's  trade,  subsequently  entering  Roanoke 
College  and  was  graduated  in  1895.  He  heeded  the 
call  to  the  Gospel  Ministry,  entered  Mt.  Airy  Theo- 
logical Seminary  and  completed  the  course  in  1898. 
Impelled  by  a  conviction  of  duty  to  engage  in  for- 
eign missionary  work  he  was  called  by  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  United  Synod  in  the 
South  to  labor  in  Japan.  He  was  ordained  by  the 
Southwestern  Virginia  Synod  in  1898,  and  on  the 
29th  of  September  he  was  married  to  Miss  Virginia 
Frantz,  of  Salem,  Va.  After  an  extended  visitation 
of  the  churches  in  the  territory  of  the  United  Synod, 
he  and  his  wife  sailed  for  Japan  arriving  there  to- 
wards the  end  of  the  year,  and  at  once  began  the 

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22  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

study  of  the  language  preparatory  to  preaching  the 
Gospel  to  the  people  of  the  Sunrise  Kingdom.  With 
zeal  and  consecration  Dr.  Brown  devoted  himself  to 
the  work  of  a  missionary  in  a  strange  land  and 
among  strange  people.  For  over  seventeen  years  he 
faithfully  preached  and  taught  and  wrought  for  the 
salvation  of  souls  and  the  extension  of  the  Kingdom 
of  His  Lord  and  Master. 

Upon  the  death  of  Rev.  Robert  C.  Holland,  D.D., 
the  beloved  President  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions of  the  United  Synod  of  the  South  in  Decem- 
ber, 191 5,  this  Board  called  Dr.  Brown  to  serve  as 
its  General  Secretary  for  the  period  of  his  furlough, 
then  due,  with  a  view  to  permanency.  He  accepted 
the  call  and,  arriving  in  this  country  in  May,  1916, 
entered  actively  upon  his  duty  in  June.  With  untir- 
ing energy  he  threw  himself  into  the  work,  achiev- 
ing remarkable  results  under  the  blessing  of  God, 
until  the  formation  of  the  United  Lutheran  Church 
.in  America  and  the  creation  and  organization  of  its 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  when  he  was  elected  one 
of  its  three  Secretaries.  His  valuable  service  in  this 
sphere  is  acknowledged  by  his  secretarial  colleagues, 
by  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  by  the  Church 
at  large. 

At  the  request  of  the  National  Lutheran  Council 
Dr.  Brown  was  granted  leave  of  absence,  tempor- 
arily to  permit  his  serving  on  a  commission  to  in- 
vestigate conditions  of  the  Lutheran  Missions  in 
Equatorial  Africa.  Sailing  from  New  York,  April 
16,  1921,  he  arrived  finally  in  Africa  and  applied 
himself  to  the  duty  assigned  with  his  usual  fidelity 


TRIBUTES   AND    MINUTES  23 

and  enthusiasm,  enduring  the  discomfort  of  climate 
and  the  weariness  of  toil,  forging  his  way  on  foot 
in  the  interest  of  the  mission  stations,  lying  more 
than  three  hundred  miles  in  the  interior,  encourag- 
ing the  hearts  and  strengthening  the  faith  of  the 
brethren  and  laying  the  foundation  for  the  preser- 
vation and  future  development  of  the  Lutheran  Mis- 
sions in  that  part  of  the  earth. 

From  East  Africa  Dr.  Brown  proceeded  to  India, 
visiting  the  principal  mission  stations,  thence  to 
Western  Africa,  visiting  the  Muhlenberg  Mission, 
Republic  of  Liberia.  While  on  a  tour  into  the  in- 
terior, with  the  view  of  locating  new  points  of  opera- 
tion, he  was  stricken  with  typhoid  fever.  After  a 
brief  period  of  suffering,  by  the  will  of  God,  he  fell 
asleep  and  entered  into  heavenly  rest  to  awake  amid 
eternal  glories.  Surviving  Dr.  Brown  are  a  wife 
and  three  sons.  Upon  them  has  come  sorrow,  press- 
ing with  crushing  force,  but  sharing  the  burden  of 
their  sorrow  are  thousands  of  hearts  in  many  regions 
in  the  Americas,  in  Japan,  in  India  and  in  Africa, 
filled  with  loving  sympathy,  and  going  up  to  God 
in  prayer  for  His  sustaining  grace  and  fatherly 
protection. 

The  limits  of  this  tribute  do  not  permit  mention 
of  the  outstanding  achievements  of  Dr.  Brown  as 
missionary,  teacher,  builder,  author,  investigator  and 
executive  official,  nor  of  the  recognition  by  the 
Church  and  its  Colleges  of  his  qualities  of  mind  and 
heart  and  life  as  witnessed  by  trusts  imposed  and 
honors  bestowed.  Those  must  be  reserved  for  place 
in  a  more  extended  memorial. 


24  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Dr.  Brown,  who  fell  a  martyr  to  his  devotion  to 
the  cause  of  foreign  missions  was  a  man  of  prepos- 
sessing personality.  His  noble  character  manifested 
itself  in  looks,  words  and  deeds.  His  kindness  of 
heart  and  fine  courtesy  endeared  him  to  all  his 
friends.  His  earnest  faith,  his  clear  view's  of  Scrip- 
ture, his  strong  sense  of  duty,  and  his  superb  cour- 
age combined  to  make  him  not  only  a  good  minister 
of  Jesus  Christ,  but  also  an  ideal  missionary. 

It  is,  therefore,  with  profoundest  sorrow  that  we 
witness  the  calling  of  our  friend  and  co-laborer; 
but  we  bow  in  submission  before  the  inscrutable  will 
of  our  Heavenly  Father.  His  is  the  Kingdom,  the 
Power  and  the  Glory.  He  is  the  Lord  over  all,  and 
He  will  continue  to  extend  His  Kingdom.  Though 
men  may  come  to  the  work,  though  they  fall  in  the 
heat  of  the  day.  He  will  call  others  into  their  places 
and  He  will  not  suffer  His  cause  to  fall. 

To  the  tender  mercies  of  our  Heavenly  Father 
and  the  consolations  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  we  commend 
the  bereaved  family  of  our  friend,  at  the  same  time 
assuring  them  of  our  sympathy  with  them  in  their 
grief  and  of  our  continuing  interest  and  readiness 
to  assist  them  in  whatever  ways  circumstances  may 
allow. 

Tribute  by  His  Fellow  Secretaries  of  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

Our  circle  has  been  broken.  We  mourn  the  loss 
of  a  brother  beloved,  a  fellow  worker  in  the  great 
Cause  which  w-e  represent. 

Charles  L.  Brown  was  a  Christian  worker,  who 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  25 

knew  his  task  and  gloried  in  it.  His  long  residence 
in  Japan  as  a  missionary  gave  him  a  clear  and  ample 
view  of  the  task  to  which  our  Lord  has  set  His 
Church.  He  never  grew  weary  in  its  pursuit  or  its 
presentation  to  others.  He  mastered  its  details  with 
most  patient  effort  and  thoroughness.  Whatever  he 
undertook  he  did  well. 

We  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  him  as  our  asso- 
ciate. Coming  into  our  circle  as  a  comparative 
stranger,  he  soon  won  his  way  to  our  hearts.  We 
learned  to  love  him.  He  leaves  a  large  place  vacant 
in  our  office,  and  a  yet  larger  one  in  our  hearts. 

He  approached  every  subject  with  singular  open- 
mindedness.  He  had  the  supreme  gift  and  grace  of 
graciously  yielding  to  others  when  they  differed 
from  him.  His  mental  processes  revealed  a  rare 
combination  of  sound  judgment,  Christian  courtesy, 
methodical  reasoning,  steady  effort  and  sane  con- 
clusions. How  we  shall  miss  him  in  our  councils ! 

He  never  forgot  that  he  belonged  to  Japan  by 
choice  and  service  and  yet  he  was  anxious  to  see  all 
foreign  fields  w'ith  that  clear  view  and  wide  sym- 
pathy which  was  to  be  expected  from  one  who  took 
his  life's  plan  from  His  Lord  and  tried  to  see  all 
men  in  all  nations  as  those  for  whom  Christ  gave 
His  life. 

He  left  us  while  in  the  performance  of  his  ap- 
pointed duty  and  responsibility,  with  his  powers  of 
heart  and  mind  unimpaired,  vigorous  and  at  their 
highest  point  of  efficiency.  He  was  responsive  to 
every  call  to  ser\-ice  and  never  faltered  when  hard 
work  or  even  impending  danger  confronted  him.  His 


26  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

life's  motto  may  be  summoned  up  in  the  apostolic 
declaration :  "This  one  thing  I  do." 

We  shall  greatly  miss  him  at  the  office  of  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  his  absence  means 
a  distinct  loss  to  the  great  Cause  to  which  he  rend- 
ered his  full  measure  of  devotion. 

Luther  B.  Wolf. 
George  Drach. 

Tribute  by  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and 
Church  Extension 

The  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Ex- 
tension of  the  United  Church  embraces  this,  its  first 
opportunity,  to  convey  to  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions its  keen  recognition  of  the  loss  that  Board  sus- 
tained in  the  removal  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  from  the 
Church  on  earth. 

His  discriminative  judgment,  his  keen  discern- 
ment, his  deep  sympathy,  his  intelligent  interest,  his 
fine  sense  of  understanding,  make  us  feel  that  a  great 
man  has  fallen. 

Few  men  in  our  Lutheran  Church  knew  the  Japa- 
nese people,  their  national  distinctiveness,  their  men- 
tal attitude,  better  than  he.  Few  were  capable  of 
advancing  the  cause  of  Christ  in  the  Sunrise  King- 
dom more  constructively,  more  permanently  than  he. 
Few  men  could  present  the  interests  of  the  work 
there  to  the  people  here  more  convincingly,  more 
helpfully,  more  successfully  than  he.  He  was  a  mis- 
sionary statesman. 

He  loved  Japan,  but  not  only  Japan.  He  carried 
the  Mission  work  everywhere,  with  its  problems  and 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  27 

possibilities,  on  his  hearl.  lie  began  his  work  in 
Japan,  he  finished  it  in  Africa. 

Whilst  he  was  particular!)-  identified  with  the 
work  of  Christ's  church  as  carried  on  in  other  lands, 
yet  he  loved  all  the  work  of  the  Church.  He  had  a 
sympathetic  interest  for  every  phase  of  that  work 
as  it  is  being  conducted  by  and  represented  in  the 
various  boards.  He  never  pitted  his  cause  against 
another.  His  judgment  was  too  sound,  his  love  too 
broad  for  that.  He  preferred  to  let  each  cause  rest 
on  its  own  merits.  He  wanted  all  causes  to  flourish. 
He  was  a  true  Churchman. 

He  has  gone  from  us.  His  exodus  at  this  parti- 
cular moment  is  humanly  inexplicable.  We  make  no 
attempt  to  fathom  it.  We  aim  not  to  interpret  it. 
It  is  the  Lord's  doings.  We  bow  before  Him  in 
full  recognition  that  He  doeth  all  things  well.  The 
death  of  His  saints  is  precious  to  Him.  it  comes 
neither  too  soon  nor  yet  too  late.  We  ask  not  why, 
we  only  pray  that  as  He  takes  the  laborers  from 
the  field  to  rest,  that  He  will  thrust  forth  more 
laborers  to  gather  the  ever  ripening  harvest. 

He  has  gone.  We  remain.  He  is  with  Christ 
and  Christ  is  with  us.     He  and  we  are  one  in  Him. 

"O   blest  communion,    fellowship   divine. 
We   feebly  struggle,  they  in   glory  shine. 
Yet  all  are  one  in  Thee,  for  all  are  Thine." 

Allclulia. 

Trirute    by    the    Women's    Missionary    Society 
OF  THE  United  Lutheran  Church 

During  the  whole  course  of  his  missionary  activity 


28  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

the  work  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  was  closely  related  to 
that  of  the  women  of  the  Church,  and  it  is  fitting 
that  our  Women's  Board  should  pay  this  tribute  to 
his  memory. 

When  a  student  at  Roanoke  College,  a  solo  sung 
by  a  young  girl  of  the  College  Lutheran  Church 
crystallized  in  his  mind  the  determination  to  devote 
himself  to  the  cause  of  missions,  and  when  he  was 
sent  to  Japan  by  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  former 
United  Synod  of  the  South,  this  young  woman  ac- 
companied him  as  his  wife. 

His  work  in  Japan  was  especially  successful 
among  young  men,  and  his  contact  with  the  quick- 
witted sons  of  Nippon  challenged  him  to  become  a 
real  thinker  and  leader  among  them. 

On  his  first  furlough  in  America  he  asked  for 
$25,000  to  begin  a  school  for  Japanese  boys,  but 
the  Board  of  Missions  felt  that  this  was  too  large 
a  task  for  the  Southern  Church  and  delayed  action 
on  his  recommendation.  It  was  then  that  a  woman 
said,  "There  are  25,000  women  in  the  United  Synod 
of  the  South  and  if  each  could  give  a  dollar  the 
school  could  be  built."  While  the  completed  school 
cost  more  than  twice  the  original  estimate,  the 
$25,000  Fund  projected  by  the  Women's  Missionary 
Societies  had  a  large  share  in  the  success  of  the 
undertaking. 

From  the  day  of  its  opening  the  boys'  school  at 
Kumamoto  was  overcrowded  with  students  and 
many  had  to  be  refused  admittance.  Dr.  Brown 
organized  the  school  and  directed  it  during  the  first 
years  of  its  existence.  He  was  particularly  happy  in 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  29 

his  relations  with  the  students  and  with  the  Japa- 
nese members  of  his  faculty. 

From  the  year  1898,  until  the  formation  of  the 
United  Lutheran  Church,  the  women  of  the  South- 
western Virginia,  the  North  Carolina,  and  the  South 
Carolina  Societies  united  in  the  support  of  Dr. 
Brown.  Whenever  he  was  home  on  furlough  and 
later  in  his  official  capacity  as  Foreign  Mission  Secre- 
tary, he  was  never  absent  from  the  meetings  of  the 
Women's  Conventions. 

Dr.  Brown  had  an  unusually  firm  grasp  upon 
reality,  and  his  presentation  of  conditions  on  the 
mission  field  was  always  clear,  sane  and  untinged 
by  cant  or  sentimentality.  He  was  never  narrow  or 
local  in  his  interests,  and  after  the  merger  he  en- 
deavored to  gain  the  same  clear  knowledge  of  the 
problems  of  the  other  mission  fields  as  he  had  of 
Japan.  He  met  his  death  in  the  pursuit  of  such 
knowledge. 

While  we  are  sure  that  the  right  hand  of  Jehovah 
changeth  not,  and  that  He  still  doth  lead  His  Church, 
as  He  did  Israel  of  old.  our  hearts  are  sad  at  the 
loss  of  this  our  friend  and  counselor;  and  we  wish 
herewith  to  express  our  sense  of  bereavement  and 
to  pay  tribute  to  his  clear  vision,  his  broad-minded 
viewpoint  and  his  single-hearted  devotion  to  duty. 

Mrs.  W.  F.  More  head. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Michael, 
Recording  Secretary. 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Traver,  President. 


30  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Resolutions  of  the  Lutheran  Foreign  Missions 

Conference 

At  its  recent  meeting  in  Atlantic  City,  the  Luth- 
eran Foreign  Missions  Conference  passed  the  fol- 
lowing resolution,  which  1  have  been  requested  to 
forward  to  your  Board : 

"Whereas,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  L.  Brown, 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of 
the  United  Lutheran  Church,  and  special  Com- 
missioner to  distressed  fellow-believers  in  East 
African  Missions,  has.  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
in  the  midst  of  his  self-sacrificing  and  blessed 
work  for  the  extension  of  the  Kingdom,  in  the 
infinite  wisdom  of  God  been  called  from  the 
Church  militant  into  the  Church  triumphant, 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  Lutheran  Foreign  Mis- 
sions Conference : 

1.  That  we  express  our  heartfelt  thanks  to  God 
for  the  life  and  work  of  this  faithful  witness  to 
the  glory  of  God's  name,  and  for  the  completion 
of  his  special  mission  to  East  Africa. 

2.  That  we  convey  our  sincere  sympathy  to  all 
sorrowing  relatives  and  friends  as  well  as  to  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  United  Luth- 
eran Church,  who  mourn  his  death." 

Lauritz  Larsen,  Secretary. 

Tribute  by  the  Educational  Secretary  of  the 
Missionary  Education  Movement 
For  those  of  us  who  are  on  the  executive  staff  of 


TRIBUTES    AND   MINUTES  31 

the  Movement,  I  want  to  tell  yoii  how  much  we 
had  come  to  respect  Dr.  Brown  even  in  the  short 
time  that  we  had  opportunity  to  cooperate  with  him 
in  the  particular  work  that  brought  us  into  touch. 
He  always  took  his  membership  on  our  committees 
seriously.  He  always  seemed  to  make  it  a  point  to 
call  at  our  offices  when  he  was  in  New  York  to 
talk  over  our  work  with  us.  He  was  always  sym- 
pathetic and  constructive  in  his  suggestions  and 
criticisms  of  the  policies  and  the  proposals  for  liter- 
ature of  the  Movement.  It  was  certainly  a  great 
shock  to  us  to  learn  that  he  had  succumbed  to  fever 
while  on  his  tour  in  Africa.  It  was  indeed  a  case 
of  a  soldier  giving  up  his  life  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties. 

We  deeply  sympathize  with  all  of  you  who  have 
lost  Dr.  Brown's  fine  fellowship  and  comradeship 
in  the  service  of  your  Board. 

Franklin  D.  Cogswell. 

TRIBUTES  FROM  JAPAN 

Resolutions  by  the  Japan  Mission 

Whereas  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  His  in- 
scrutable Providence,  to  call  from  earth  our  dear 
Friend  and  Brother,  the  Rev.  Chas.  L.  Brown,  D.D., 

We,  the  Members  of  the  Japan  Mission  of  the 
United  Lutheran  Church  in  America,  do  hereby  pass 
the  following  resolutions : 

I.  That  it  is  with  inexpressible  consternation  and 
grief  that  we  have  received  the  news  of  Dr.  Brown's 
death. 


32  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

2.  That,  as  a  fellow  missionary,  as  a  leader  among 
us  for  many  years,  and  later  as  the  Secretary  for 
the  Japan  Mission,  as  well  as  our  warm  personal 
friend  and  companion,  we  shall  not  cease  to  mourn 
his  loss. 

3.  That  we  devoutly  render  thanks  to  God  for 
His  Wisdom  and  Grace  in  sending  to  Japan  in  the 
early  days  of  our  Mission's  existence  a  man  so 
abundantly  blessed  with  gifts  of  intellect  and  soul 
as  was  our  beloved  Brother ;  that  we  thank  God  for 
the  influence  of  his  life  and  work  here  in  Japan,  and 
especially  for  his  successful  labors  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Church  in  Japan,  and  in  the  founding 
of  our  school  in  Kumamoto  which  stands  as  an  im- 
pressive monument  to  his  ability  and  devotion. 

4.  That  we  see  in  his  death  the  death  of  a  martyr 
for  the  Cause  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  losing 
his  life  in  others'  behalf  after  the  example  of  his 
Lord. 

5.  That  we  herewith  pledge  ourselves  anew  to  the 
Cause  for  which  he  so  unceasingly  labored,  and  that 
we  strive  to  emulate  his  sterling  virtues  of  discre- 
tion, determination,  and  fidelity. 

6.  That  we  herewith  send  our  condolences  to  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  United  Lutheran 
Church  in  America  on  the  loss  of  our  esteemed 
Brother  as  Secretary  for  Japan,  and  at  the  same  time 
pray  God  that  He  would  raise  up  a  successor  with 
like  sympathetic  understanding  of  the  Japan  Field 
and  its  needs,  who  may  carry  forward  the  work 
that  Dr.  Brown  had  so  ably  begun. 

7.  That  we  offer  to  Mrs.   Brown  and  her  three 


TRIBUTES    AND   MINUTES  33 

sons  our  heartfelt  sympathy  in  their  bereavement, 
together  with  the  assurance  of  our  undying  affection 
and  re\erence  for  Dr.  Brown,  whose  death  is  to  us 
the  loss  of  a  Brother,  and  whose  memory  we  shall 
always  hold  in  sacred  veneration. 

Signed  for  the  Japan  Mission. 

J.  P.  NiELSON,  President. 
Edward  T.   Horn,  Secretary. 
Kumamoto,  Kyushu.  Japan. 

December  29th,  1921. 

An  Appreciation  by  the  Joint  Executive  Com- 
mittee Representing  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Church  in  Japan 

The  death  of  Dr.  Brown  has  filled  us  all  with 
sadness  and  consternation.  When,  in  1916,  Dr. 
Brown  left  Japan,  we  all  thought  that  his  absence 
would  be  only  for  a  year,  and  we  confidently  awaited 
his  speedy  return.  When  later  on  it  appeared  doubt- 
ful whether  he  would  come  back  to  us  or  remain 
in  America  in  the  interests  of  the  Japan  work,  with 
one  accord  we  petitioned  the  Board  to  send  him 
hack.  When,  however,  finally  it  became  evident 
that  he  was  needed  in  America  in  the  capacity  of 
Secretary  for  the  Japan  Field,  everyone  of  us  here 
cherished  the  hope  that  as  Secretary  he  might 
periodically  visit  Japan  for  the  purpose  of  investi- 
gation and  supervision  of  the  work. 

One  year  had  lengthened  into  more  than  five,  and 
still  the  same  afl^'ection  for  him  ke|)t  us  firm  in  the 
hope  that  we  should  one  day  see  him  here  again — 
a  hope  now  ne\er  to  be  realized.  The  notice  of  his 


34  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

death  in  Africa  has  been  received  with  deep  mourn- 
ing throughout  our  churches. 

Dr.  Brown  possessed  characteristics  of  mind  and 
soul  which  pre-eminently  quahfied  him  for  the  work 
of  a  missionary.  He  was  discriminating  and  judi- 
cious. Eagerness  to  learn  and  readiness  to  serve  were 
combined  in  him  with  signal  ability  to  accomplish 
definite  results.  He  was  by  common  consent  a 
leader  among  his  missionary  colleagues.  And  by  his 
Japanese  brethren  he  was  regarded  as  a  brother  and 
companion,  and  admitted  into  their  intimate  counsels 
and  confidence.  He  never  strove  by  force  to  impose 
his  will  on  others,  but  was  in  all  things  animated  by 
sound  reasonableness.  He  never  set  himself  up  as 
a  master  over  his  fellow-workers,  but  ever  sought 
to  render  the  greatest  service  by  co-operating  where 
they  deemed  he  could  be  most  useful.  In  frequently 
perplexing  situations,  when  misunderstandings  were 
difficult  to  avoid,  he  ever  gave  proof  of  true  Chris- 
tian humility  and  tact  that  is  born  of  genuine  con- 
sideration for  the  rights  and  feelings  of  others. 

The  Lutheran  Church  in  Japan  deeply  mourns  his 
loss.  May  the  God  Whom  he  and  we  together  wor- 
ship and  serve  bless  and  keep  the  loved  ones  who 
survive  him.  May  God  abundantly  prosper  the  work 
which  he  so  diligently  sought  to  further  while  among 
us.  And  may  God  raise  up  many  to  carry  on  the 
great  Cause  for  which  he  gave  his  all,  even  his  life. 

To  Charles  L.  Brown,  D.D.,  noble  missionary  of 
the  Cross,  Christian  gentleman,  fellow-laborer  in  the 
Lord's  vineyard,  discreet  counsellor,  true  friend, 
elder  brother,  and  faithful  steward  and  overseer  of 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  35 

the  King's  Business,  this  poor  tribute  is  affection- 
ately and  respectfully  dedicated. 

KOKICHIRO  TaKIMOTO 
TSUNEKICKI  YONEMURA 

D.  Honda 
J.  P.  Nielsen 
A.  J.  Stirewalt 
Edward  T.  Horn 
The  Joint  Executive  Committee  in  Session  at  Osaka, 
Japan,  February  3rd,  1922. 

Report  of  the  Zaidan  of  Kyushu  Gakuin^ 
KuMAMOTO,  Japan. 

January  22,  1922. 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  Kyushu  Gakuin,  Ku- 
mamoto,  has  learned  with  great  sorrow  of  the  death 
of  the  Rev.  C.  L.  Brown,  D.D.,  founder  and  first 
Dean  of  Kyushu  Gakuin,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the  United  Lutheran  Church   in  America. 

Its  members  desire  to  record  their  high  appre- 
ciation of  his  faithful  and  consecrated  Christian 
character,  of  the  eminent  services  which  he  rendered 
the  Church  as  a  consecrated  missionary  in  Japan  for 
eighteen  years,  and  especially  of  the  influence  he 
exerted  during  his  life  here  upon  his  fellow  mission- 
aries and  the  Japanese  with  whom  he  was  asso- 
ciated. We  feel  very  seriously  the  loss  of  this  faith- 
ful soldier  of  the  Cross,  but  thank  our  Heavenly 
Father  for  his  life  and  example,  and  pray  that  the 
peace  of  God  which  passes  all  understanding  may 


36  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

abide     with     the     family     in     their     bereavement. 

The  first  Memorial  Service  was  held  the  Sunday- 
after  we  received  the  cable  message,  December  i8th. 
This  was  at  the  Suido  Church  at  the  evening  service. 
Some  of  the  speakers  were  Ishimatsu  San,  who 
gave  the  history  of  Dr.  Brown's  life  and  spoke  in 
high  appreciation  of  him.  Mr.  Toyama  spoke  as 
representing  the  school  and  Mr.  Nielsen  as  repre- 
senting the  Mission.  There  were  others  too  as  repre- 
senting the  congregation  and  students.  The  attend- 
ance of  members  and  old  friends  was  good  and 
every  one  voiced  the  high  regard  in  which  he  was 
held. 

Our  ]\Iemorial  Service  at  the  school  was  held  the 
following  Wednesday,  December  21st,  at  1.30  P.  M., 
in  the  gymnasium  building.  The  room  was  appro- 
priately draped,  with  a  photograph  of  Dr.  Brown  in 
front  of  the  speakers'  stand,  as  the  Japanese  always 
have  on  such  an  occasion.  This  was  a  photograph 
Dr.  Brown  gave  us  before  he  returned  to  America, 
the  best  that  we  could  get  at  the  time. 
.  The  whole  student  body,  teachers,  most  of  the 
foreigners  of  the  city  and  a  number  of  Dr.  Brown's 
old  friends  were  present,  making  a  total  of  over  six 
hundred.  Mr.  Murakami  presided.  Mr.  Fujita 
read  the  scripture  lesson  and  Mr.  Takase  led  in 
prayer.  Mr.  Toyama  then  spoke  in  regard  to  Dr. 
Brown,  his  life,  work  and  especially  his  work  in 
connection  with  the  founding  of  Kyushu  Gakuin  and 
his  associations  with  him.  He  spoke  very  highly  of 
him,  and  also  very  feelingly,  and  I  know  that  he 
has  felt  the  loss  very  much.     He  emphasized  the 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  37 

great  influence  Kyushu  Gakuin  has  had  on  the  lives 
of  so  many  and  spoke  of  this  as  being  Dr.  Brown's 
greatest  work  for  Japan.  I  tlien  had  the  privilege 
of  speaking  as  the  foreign  representative  of  the 
school,  and  among  other  things  emphasized  Dr. 
Brown's  high  regard  for  duty  and  how  this  had  led 
him  to  give  his  life  for  japan  and  the  work  of 
spreading  the  Gospel  throughout  the  world.  I  tried 
also  to  tell  something  of  his  work  in  connection  with 
the  founding  of  Kvushu  Gakuin.  Mr.  Nielsen  then 
spoke  as  representing  the  Seminary,  speaking  of 
what  Dr.  Brown's  w'ork  had  meant  for  our  Theo- 
logical Department.  Rev.  Ishimatsu  spoke,  repre- 
senting the  graduates  of  the  Seminary  and  spoke  of 
Dr.  Brown's  wisdom  in  dealing  with  theological 
students,  his  kindness  and  ability  as  a  teacher.  Mr. 
Nishi,  one  of  the  first  graduates  of  the  Middle 
School,  spoke  for  the  Middle  School  graduates,  tell- 
ing of  the  high  regard  in  which  Dr.  Brown  was  held 
by  the  Middle  School  students.  Dr.  Fukuda  spoke 
for  the  Christians  of  the  city  and  had  a  very  fine 
talk.  He  spoke  of  how  a  life  like  Dr.  Brown's  re- 
veals and  interpi^ets  Christ  to  those  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact.  Rev.  Kawase  of  the  Methodist 
Church  spoke  for  the  city  Pastoral  Association,  and 
spoke  of  Dr.  Brown's  ability  as  a  preacher  and 
scholar.  All  seemed  to  voice  the  expression  that  a 
truly  great  man  had  fallen,  one  who  could  not  be 
forgotten  and  that  Kyushu  Gakuin  stands  as  a  me- 
morial to  its  founder  and  lirst  Dean. 

L.  S.  G.   Miller,  Dean 


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Tribute    from    Tokyo — By    one    of    His    Pupils 

AND  Converts. 

The  latter  part  of  the  year  192 1  was  very  unfor- 
tunate for  Japan.  On  the  one  hand,  there  was  the 
assassination  of  Premier  Hara  (one  of  the  greatest 
statesmen  in  our  history),  when  our  country  needed 
his  services  more  than  ever  before ;  and,  on  the  other 
hand,  we  learned,  to  our  great  sorrow,  of  the  death 
of  Dr.  Charles  L.  Brown,  our  beloved  teacher,  and 
a  distinguished  figure  in  the  missionary  field  of  our 
Lutheran  Church  in  Japan. 

It  was  on  November  loth,  1921,  that  I  received  an 
order  from  the  Japanese  Government  to  go  to  Lon- 
don on  duty.  Taking  this  unusual  opportunity,  I 
chose  a  route  for  London  via  the  United  States,  be- 
cause by  so  doing,  I  could  realize  my  long-cherished 
hope  of  visiting  Dr.  Brown— whom  I  had  not  seen 
for  more  than  a  decade — at  his  own  home  at  Balti- 
more, Maryland. 

This  expectation  tragically  failed  to  realize,  as 
Dr.  Brown  had  died  suddenly  in  Liberia,  Africa.  On 
the  19th  of  December,  .1921,  a  farewell  meeting  was 
given  in  my  honor  by  the  people  of  our  Church  in 
Tokyo.  This  meeting,  originally  planned  for  me, 
was  unexpectedly  turned  into  a  council  in  which  we 
talked  quietly  but  earnestly  over  the  death  of  Dr. 
Brown,  and  eventually  decided  that  we  should  con- 
vey to  Mrs.  Brown  in  America  our  deepest  sym- 
pathy and  regret  at  her  husband's  death.  How  sad 
it  was  that  I,  who  had  been  longing  to  see  him,  had 
to  be  the  bearer  of  this  message ! 


TRIBUTES    AND   MINUTES  39 

When  I  look  back  upon  those  school  days  in  Ku- 
mamoto,  some  nineteen  years  ago,  I  realize  that  it 
was  Dr.  Brown's  untiring  and  sincere  leadership 
which  inspired  and  brought  me  so  close  to  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  that  I  decided  to  become  a  Christian 
and  was  baptized  by  him.  Ever  since  then,  I  have 
been  one  of  His  followers. 

Dr.  Brown  possessed  a  wonderful  personality 
which  we  always  admired.  Through  frequent  asso- 
ciation with  him  and  his  family,  how  often  was  my 
faith  in  Him  strengthened  and  did  I  receive  a  new 
light  upon  the  path  of  my  spiritual  life.  My  feeling 
toward  Dr.  and  IMrs.  Brown  has,  therefore,  been 
so  sincere  and  intimate  that  I  have  always  looked 
up  to  them  as  to  my  spiritual  parents.  There  are 
a  good  many  other  Japanese  who  have  been  closely 
associated  with  him  and  his  family,  and  their  im- 
pressions of  him  are  equally  as  strong  as  mine. 

Dr.  Brown  had,  at  the  bottom  of  his  heart,  a  great 
sympathy  and  comprehensive  understanding  of 
Japan,  and  stood  firmly  in  the  belief  that  he  was 
called  to  lead  the  Young  Japan.  The  various  works 
rendered  by  him  for  Japan  are  invaluable ;  for  ex- 
ample, he  was  once  a  teacher  of  English  in  the 
Pligher  School  of  Kumamoto  (where  I  was  one  of 
his  students)  ;  at  the  time  of  the  Labor  Conference, 
held  in  Washington,  he  tried  his  best  to  give  every 
possible  assistance  to  our  delegation.  In  an  official 
capacity,  Dr.  Brown  held  an  important  office  in  the 
United  Lutheran  Church  in  America  as  a  Secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  Last  spring  when 
duty  again  called  him  upon  a  further  work,  he  was 


40  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

commissioned  to  go  to  East  Africa  and  British 
India.  He  visited  the  Mission  Fields  throughout 
the  interior  parts  of  these  two  tropical  countries. 
For  nearly  eight  months  he  continued  his  journey, 
fighting  against  the  intense  tropical  heat  until  he  be- 
came a  victim  of  fever  and  passed  away  in  Liberia, 
West  Africa,  on  December  5th,  1921. 

It  is  a  supreme  victory  when  one  sacrifices  his 
life  for  his  duty,  upholding  bravely  to  the  last  the 
banner  of  our  Lord.  His  death,  like  that  of  the 
soldier  who  dies  on  the  field  of  battle,  deserves  our 
highest  tribute. 

On  January  25th.  1922.  I  visited  Mrs.  Brown 
and  her  sons  at  Baltimore  to  ofifer  them  condolence 
from  their  old  friends  in  Tokyo.  When  I  first  met 
Mrs.  Brown  and  grasped  her  hand,  neither  of  us 
could  utter  a  single  word  for  a  while — her  eyes 
were  full  of  tears  and  we  exchanged  our  greetings 
in  silence.  In  writing  this,  I  am.  even  now,  too  full 
of  those  recollections  to  express  what  I  wish. 

In  conclusion,  it  is  my  earnest  prayer  that  the 
seed  sown  in  Japan  by  Dr.  Brown's  hand  may  grow 
and  bear  fruit  gloriously  and  be  a  source  of  spiritual 
strength  to  the  nation ;  and  that  God  may  bless  and 
comfort  the  bereaved  family. 

Tatsumi  Ezoye, 
Lieut. -Commander,  Imp.  Japanese  Navy. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

January  25th,   192 1. 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  41 

TRIBUTE  FROM  INDIA 

Minute  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Council 
of  the  India  Mission,   Guntur,  January  6th,   1922. 

The  Committee  arose  and  remained  standing 
while  Rev.  Roy  Strock  read  the  following  minute 
on  the  death  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown,  prepared  by  Drs. 
John  Aberly  and  Victor  McCauley. 

The  India  Mission  places  on  record  its  loss  in  the 
death  of  the  Rev.  C.  L.  Brown,  D.D..  at  Sanoghie, 
Africa,  December  5th,  1921. 

Though  Dr.  Brown  was  not  directly  connected 
with  the  work  in  India,  as  one  of  the  Secretaries  of 
the  Board,  yet  as  being  in  charge  of  transportation 
and  of  the  Lantern  Slide  Lectures,  our  missionaries 
were  helped  by  him.  His  obliging  disposition  and 
uniform  courtesy  were  noticeable  to  all,  in  all  his 
official  relations  with  them.  During  his  all  too  brief 
visit  to  the  Mission  for  about  two  weeks  in  Septem- 
ber we  were  impressed  with  the  thorough  grasp  he 
had  of  mission  problems.  He  visited  hurriedly  prac- 
tically all  of  our  stations,  saw  most  sympathetically 
all  their  needs,  and  his  interest  in  the  work  led  us  to 
hope  that  he  could  and  would  present  our  condition 
and  needs  to  the  Board  and  the  Home  Church  in 
such  a  way  as  to  create  an  increased  interest  in  it. 
His  untimely  end  makes  such  personal  presentation 
impossible  and  this  is  a  special  loss  to  us  and  to  our 
work.  Apart  from  the  work,  though  some  of  us 
knew  him  only  for  a  short  time,  we  all  feel  we  lost 
a  friend  and  a  brother  when  on  December  5th,  in 
the  dark  continent  of  Africa  he  finished  his  course 


42  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

and  departed  to  be  with  his  Lord. 

Resolved :  That  we  record  our  sincere  apprecia- 
tion of  the  character  and  work  of  the  Rev.  C.  L. 
Brown,  D.D.,  one  of  our  Home  Secretaries,  and  the 
loss  not  only  our  Mission  but  the  Mission  work  in 
general  has  sustained  in  the  death  of  our  departed 
brother. 

Resolved:  That  we  extend  our  sympathy  to  the 
family  of  Dr.  Brown  as  also  to  the  Board,  to  our 
fellow-workers  in  Africa  and  in  Japan,  and  pray  that 
they  may  have  the  consolations  of  our  Christian 
hope  in  the  bereavement  that  has  befallen  them. 

Resolved:  That  in  Dr.  Brown's  faithfulness  unto 
death  we  recognize  a  call  that  we,  as  also  the  Church 
which  he  ser\'ed,  increase  our  devotion  to  the  cause 
for  which  he  gave  his  life  so  that  the  great  sacrifice 
he  made  on  behalf  of  the  Missions  may  result  in 
larger  consecrations  to  the  great  task  of  bringing 
the  non-Christian  world  to  a  knowledge  of  Him  Who 
taught  by  word  and  deed  that  except  a  corn  of  wheat 
fall  into  the  ground  and  die  it  abideth  alone,  but  if 
it  die  it  bringeth  forth  much  fruit. 

After  the  reading  of  the  minute,  Dr.  Aberly  led 
in  prayer. 

Resolved :  That  this  minute  be  accepted  as  the 
expression  of  the  Executive  Committee,  incorpor- 
ated in  its  minutes  and  a  copy  sent  to  the  bereaved 
family. 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  43 

TRIBUTE  FROM  LIBERIA,  AFRICA 

Minute  of  the  Muhlenberg  Mission  Conference, 
January  lo,  1922. 

For  many  years  the  Muhlenberg  Mission  had 
urged  the  Foreign  Mission  Board  to  send  a  repre- 
sentative to  its  Africa  Mission  Field  to  inspect  the 
work  and  thus  secure  first-hand  information  of  its 
needs. 

Early  this  year  we  were  delighted  to  know  that 
Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  was  to  visit  certain  former  German 
Missions  in  East  Africa,  and  would  endeavor  to 
visit  Liberia  on  his  return.  This  plan  was  fulfilled, 
and  Dr.  Brown  reached  Liberia  early  in  November 
to  stay  about  six  weeks.  The  desire  of  all  was  that 
our  Secretary  should  see  all  the  stations,  the  large, 
populous  hinterland,  and  then  talk  over  with  the  mis- 
sionaries on  the  field  some  of  our  most  perplexing 
mission  problems. 

This  schedule  was  being  carried  out,  and  our  Con- 
ference President  with  Dr.  Brown  had  gone  as  far 
interior  as  Sanoghie,  when  both  men  took  sick,  and, 
despite  every  efi^ort  to  send  medical  aid,  died  and 
were  buried  at  that  station.  Rev.  Buschman  on  No- 
vember 25th,  and  Dr.  Brown  on  December  5th. 

These  deaths  occurring  so  suddenly,  and  so  close 
together,  have  shocked  us  almost  beyond  expression. 
Like  the  Emmaus  disciples  on  the  evening  of  the 
first  Easter  day,  we  trusted  that  these  men  should 
work  out  plans  which  should  mean  the  redemption 
of  many  in  Liberia,  and  the  firmer  planting  of  the 


44  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Church  of  Jesus  Christ.  God's  hand,  however, 
seems  to  indicate  that  the  time  for  the  fulfillment 
of  our  hopes  is  not  yet  ripe.  It  seems  to  us  now 
as  if  to  the  list  of  heroes  recorded  in  Hebrews  ii, 
and  that  longer  list  who  have  followed  in  their  train, 
must  be  added  the  names  of  Rev.  C.  E.  Buschman 
and  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  ''who  having  obtained  a  good 
report  through  faith  received  not  the  promise,  God 
having  provided  some  better  thing  for  us.  that  they 
without  us  should  not  be  made  perfect." 

Dr.  Brown  was  an  active  worker  in  Foreign  Mis- 
sions for  many  years.  He  served  as  Missionary  in 
Japan  for  eighteen  years,  and  in  1916  returned  to 
the  United  States  to  be  the  Secretary  of  the  Foreign 
Board  of  the  United  Synod  in  the  South.  The  union 
of  the  three  Lutheran  bodies  in  1918  resulted  in 
making  Dr.  Brown  one  of  the  three  secretaries  of 
the  United  Foreign  Board.  His  willingness  to 
serve,  his  active  interest  in  missionaries'  comfort 
and  welfare,  his  tireless  fidelity  in  acting  as  pur- 
chasing agent  for  this  Mission,  and  his  love  and 
sympathy  in  our  work  and  problems,  as  shown  dur- 
ing his  month  with  us  on  the  field,  revealed  to  us 
the  large  heart  of  the  man,  and  the  true  missionary 
spirit  which  inspired  him. 

The  home-going  of  these  two  men  was  fittingly 
expressed  by  a  Liberian  woman,  Mrs.  Alex  Harris, 
in  a  parable :  "\\'hen  a  woman  goes  through  her 
garden,  she  plucks  the  fairest  flowers  for  her  bou- 
quet; so  God  has  gathered  the  most  beautiful  souls 
to  bloom  in  the  Father's  house." 

As  a  mark  of  love  and  esteem   for  our   faithful 


CHRISTTANS    IN    FRONT    OF    KUMAMOTO    CHURCH.    JAPAN. 
Dr.   C.   T,.   Brown  stands  on   the  extreme  right.      Mrs.   Brown   is   sitting   near  the  center, 

bottom    row. 


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KYUSHU  GAKUIN  GRADUATING  CLASS. 

March,    1921. 
This  is  the   School   at   Kiimamnto,   Japan,   which   Dr.   C.    L.    Brown   Established. 


TRIBUTES   AND    MINUTES  45 

Secretary,  Dr.  Brown,  the  Conference  closed  its  final 
session  with  a  session  of  silent  prayer,  followed  by 
two  audible  {jrayers  by  Sister  Jennie  Larmouth  and 
Rev.  Jens  Larsen. 

Traub. 
The  Special  Committee:    Brosius. 

Robeson. 

EDITORIAL  TRIBUTES 

Announcement  of  the  death,  in  Liberia,  West 
Africa,  of  our  very  efficient  Foreign  Mission  Board 
Secretary.  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown,  comes  as  a  severe  shock 
to  the  Church.  So  sad  and  unexpected  is  the  news 
that  details  as  to  the  manner  of  his  sudden  demise 
are  quite  overshadowed  in  importance  by  the  solemn 
and  unwelcome  fact  itself.  Surely  God  has  once 
more  put  our  faith  to  a  severe  test  by  removing  one 
of  the  pillars  of  our  Foreign  IVIission  work  at  a  time 
when  he  had  reached  his  highest  usefulness,  and  was 
commissioned  by  the  Church  to  fulfill  a  most  im- 
portant task  in  connection  Avith  the  Missions  in  for- 
mer German  Colonies  in  East  Africa. 

The  Lutheran. 

While  on  the  path  of  duty,  before  his  work  in 
Africa  was  finished,  God  called  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  to 
his  eternal  home.  He  was  a  faithful  servant  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  his  life-long  endeavor  to  help 
in  carrying  out  the  great  commission  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  those  who  have  not  yet  heard  it.  Our 
friend,  our  brother,  our  fellow-laborer  in  the  Lord, 
commissioned  in  his  voung  manhood  for  service  as 


46  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

a  Missionary  in  Japan,  gave  his  life  for  the  Chris- 
tianization  of  Africa.  Two  days  after  his  forty- 
seventh  birthday,  his  earthly  journey  ended.  Dur- 
ing the  two  and  one-half  years  of  his  service  in  the 
office  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
United  Lutheran  Church,  as  Secretary  for  Japan, 
Africa,  South  America,  Mission  Study,  Transpor- 
tation and  Stereopticon  Department,  he  demon- 
strated his  ability  as  a  wise,  careful  and  faithful 
administrator  of  the  executive  departments  assigned 
to  him. 

The  Foreign  Missionary. 

From  Liberia  comes  the  extremely  sad  news  by 
cable  that  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown  died  on  the  fifth  of 
December. 

What  a  shock,  and  what  a  loss!  When  the  mes- 
sage was  read  to  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  Church 
his  sorrowful  comment  was,  "Inscrutable  Provi- 
dence." Such  it  was.  Nothing  but  faith  can  ac- 
cept it  with  loyal  submissiveness. 

It  was  our  privilege  to  know  Dr.  Brown  with  the 
intimacy  of  a  brother  in  the  flesh,  as  well  as  a 
brother  in  the  faith,  during  a  period  of  nearly 
thirty  years — dating  back  to  college  days.  We  have 
shared  his  joys  and  his  sorrows,  none  of  which 
have  been  separate  or  distinct  from  the  great  work 
to  which  he  consecrated  his  life  without  reservation. 
Many  times  have  we  heard  him  deliver  his  Gospel 
messages,  always  with  a  clearness  of  thought,  a 
purity  of  diction  and  a  spirit  of  earnestness  and 
sincerity  which  made  them  irresistible,  but  the  text 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  47 

•of  one  of  these  sermons  was  so  impressed  upon  us 
by  the  sermon  delivered  upon  his  return  for  a  fur- 
lough from  Japan,  that  it  has  always  been  associated 
with  this  great  servant  of  Christ:  I  John  5:4: 
"This  is  the  victory  that  overcometh  the  world,  even 
our  faith."  Not  only  was  that  faith  characteristic 
of  and  effective  in  the  life  of  our  beloved  brother, 
but  it  is  now  our  source  of  comfort  in  the  keen  and 
trying  bereavement  which  the  news  of  his  death 
inflicts. 

It  is  a  sad  fact  that  there  are  few  men  in  the 
world,  and  few  even  in  our  Church,  that  can  be 
compared  to  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown.  He  was  a  man  of 
unusual  intellectual  endowments,  and,  even  though 
his  life  was  filled  beyond  reasonable  measure  with 
practical  duties,  he  developed  a  non-technical  scholar- 
ship that  was  great  in  depth  because  it  comprehended 
the  fundamental  facts  and  principles  of  life  and 
evalued  them  in  the  light  of  a  clear  apprehension  of 
revealed  truth.  As  truly  as  it  can  be  said  of  any 
man,  he  was  a  man  of  blameless  character.  He  was 
a  very  human  man,  and  made  mistakes  like  many 
other  good  men,  but  no  one  who  knew  him  ever 
doubted  his  sincerity,  his  conscientiousness  and  his 
steadfast  loyalty  to  right  principles  and  the  highest 
ideals.  He  was  not  only  a  good  man,  but  he  was 
a  godly  man.  His  religion  was  genuine.  He  feared, 
loved  and  trusted  in  God  above  all  things,  and  He 
lived  in  communion  with  God.  He  could  truthfully 
say,  "I  delight  to  do  Thy  will,  O  my  God."  He  lived 
for  nothing  else.  He  was  an  extremely  modest  man, 
and  supremely  unselfish.     He  sought  no  honors,  he 


48  BROWN  MEAIORIAL 

was  never  self-assertive,  and  never  raised  issues 
where  self  consideration  was  the  chief  factor.  He 
despised  the  very  appearance  of  selfish  ambition, 
and  sought  the  position  of  humble  but  faithful  ser- 
vice. If  we  can  say  it  of  any  man  in  a  large  circle 
of  acquaintances,  we  can  say  of  Dr.  Brown  that  he 
was  one  who  "left  all  and  followed  Him." 

And  the  loss  to  the  Church  through,  what  seems 
to  men,  the  untimely  death  of  Dr.  Brown?  No 
thought  can  estimate  it,  no  words  can  express  it. 
He  has  passed  in  the  very  prime  of  life,  not  yet 
fifty  years  old,  just  when  his  knowledge,  judgment, 
and  personality  are  most  needed.  "Inscrutable  provi- 
dence !"  But  he  did  not  go  down  in  defeat.  He 
is  a  triumphant  hero.  He  leaves  achievements  be- 
hind him,  especially  in  Japan,  which  would  be  great 
for  a  great  life  of  double  the  length  of  his.  God 
honored  him,  God  blessed  him,  and  God  has  crowned 
him.  In  faith  we  accept  this  providence  of  an  all- 
wise  Father,  and  pray  that  He  will  send  forth  more 
laborers,  like  this  one,  into  the  fields  of  the  world 
so  white  unto  the  harvest. 

To  say  more  would  be  but  to  reveal  the  more 
personal  grief  of  a  bereft  heart.  "Blessed  are  the 
dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth ;  Yea. 
saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their  labors ; 
and  their  works  do  follow  them." 
Dr.  W.  H.Greever  in  The  American  Lutheran  Survey. 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  49 

PERSONAL  TRIBUTES 

Extracts  from  letters  sent  to  the  President  and 
Secretaries  of  the  Board  and  to  Airs.  Brown  after 
the  atinouncement  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Brozvn. 

The  telegram  you  sent  me,  overwhelmed  me  with 
sadness.  My  heart  has  lingered  upon  the  news  it 
communicated  again  and  again.  Naturally  my 
thoughts  go  out  towards  Mrs.  Brown  and  after  that 
towards  your  Board.  Furthermore,  I  recognize  that 
a  distinct  loss  has  come  for  the  Church  as  a  whole. 

F.  H.  Knubel, 
President  of  the  United  Lutheran  Church 
in  America. 
437  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 


There  are  few  men  among  my  many  former  for- 
mer pupils  for  whom  I  have  had  higher  regard  or 
greater  affection  than  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown.  In  making 
the  decision  to  consecrate  his  life  to  the  work  in 
Japan,  he  gave  me  his  full  confidence,  and  I  appre- 
ciated the  struggle  which  it  cost.  I  watched  with  great 
interest  his  growth  under  the  responsibilities  of  the 
japan  work,  and  admired  the  statesmanlike  ability 
with  which  he  mastered  the  situation,  and  repre- 
sented the  cause.  I  have  never  heard  a  nobler  mis- 
sionary address  than  the  one  which  he  made  before 
the  United  Lutheran  Synod  in  the  South  at  Dallas, 
N.  C. 


50  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

His  memory  will  live,  as  that  of  one  of  our  most 
efficient  missionaries,  and  earnest  and  devoted 
Christian  men. 

Henry  E.  Jacobs. 
Lutheran  Theological  Seminary, 
Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Just  twenty- four  years  ago.  at  a  similar  service, 
held  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Germantown,  Phila- 
delphia, there  stood  in  a  class  somewhat  larger  than 
this  a  modest,  humble  candidate  for  graduation,  who 
had  recently  passed  through  a  severe  spiritual 
struggle,  because  an  unexpected  call  had  come  to 
him  from  the  foreign  field.  It  was  not  so  much 
reluctance  to  separate  from  home  and  country,  as 
the  overwhelming  sense  of  his  own  insufficiency,  that 
caused  him  for  awhile  to  hesitate.  But  so  urgent 
was  the  appeal,  that  he  felt  that  to  decline  it  would 
be  almost  equivalent  to  turning  away  from  his  call- 
ing as  a  Christian  and  a  prospective  minister.  For 
the  servant  of  Christ  must  go  wherever  he  is  sent. 
A  man  who  sings  with  heart  and  soul  the  stanza, 
heard  so  often  on  these  grounds  in  our  daily  wor- 
ship: 

"The  hardest  toil  to  undertake 
With  joy  at  Thy  command; 
The  meanest  office  to   receive 
With  meekness  at   Thy   feet." 

cannot  lightly  dismiss  the  opportunity  for  such  toil, 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  51 

and  the  call  to  such  labor,  when  the  I-ord  hears  his 
prayer  and  accepts  his  offer. 

Passing  over  his  many  years  of  efficient  labor  in 
laying  the  foundation  for  a  great  work  in  Japan, 
and  in  awakening  interest  for  it  in  America,  he  had 
scarcely  reached  the  prime  of  life  and  the  maturity 
of  his  power,  when,  last  December,  as  he  was  re- 
turning from  a  general  inspection  of  various  fields 
of  our  mission  work,  he  retraced  his  steps  to  dis- 
charge an  important  duty  amidst  the  heat  and  malaria 
of  tropical  Liberia.  Though  bringing  with  him  most 
important  information  that  he  had  gathered,  but  had 
not  committed  to  writing,  any  one  who  knew  him 
could  have  foretold  that  his  receipt  of  instructions 
would  be  followed  by  instant  obedience.  He  turned 
back  to  fall  a  martyr  to  the  cause  he  loved  more 
than  life  itself,  and,  while  his  body  rests  in  Africa, 
he  has  left  a  name,  not  only  to  be  ever  remembered 
in  the  College,  where  he  sat  at  the  feet  of  the  vener- 
able teacher.  Dr.  Fox,  who  has  addressed  you  today, 
but  also  to  be  ever  associated  with  this  Seminary, 
as  an  inspiration  and  an  example,  to  the  generations 
of  students  who  follow  him  on  this  favored  spot, 
of  quiet,  thoughtful,  determined,  inflexible,  prayer- 
ful, far-seeing  devotion  to  a  great  trust.  But  far 
more  than  this.  The  results  of  those  few  weeks  of 
struggle  cannot  be  computed,  until  the  harvest  of 
God's  elect  in  Japan  and  Africa  have  been  fully 
gathered  in. 

[Dr.  Henry  E.  Jacobs,  President  of  the  Lutheran 
Theological  Seminary,  Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  in  his 
address  to  the  Graduating  Class  of  1922]. 


52  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Dr.  Brown's  sacrifice  has  not  been  in  vain,  for 
Dr.  C.  M.  Jacobs  tells  me  that  he  had  sent  in  a  mag- 
nificent report  to  the  National  Lutheran  Council, 
which  will  he  of  far-reaching  importance  in  shaping 
the  destinies  of  the  Lutheran  Missions  in  the  Tan- 
ganyika Territory.  So  we  have  over  in  that  inexor- 
able Africa,  the  grave  of  another  hero,  who  gave 
his  life  for  the  advancement  of  Christ's  Kingdom. 

Personally,  I  shall  miss  Dr.  Brown  exceedingly, 
for  his  genial  disposition  and  his  lovable  character 
endeared  him  to  everyone  who  came  in  contact  with 
him,  and  I  have  known  him  for  many  years. 

C.  Theodore  Benze. 
Lutheran  Theological  Seminary, 
Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


I  cannot  tell  you  how  much  I  loved  Dr.  Brown 
and  how  deeply  I  feel  his  departure.  He  was  strong 
and  gentle  and  wise — just  the  kind  of  man  to  draw 
others  and  to  fill  a  great  need  among  Christian 
workers.  He  did  his  duty,  underwent  self-denial 
for  Christ's  sake  and  has  gone  home !  Let  us  not 
murmur,  but  patiently  wait,  and  in  the  meantime 
lean  upon  the  Everlasting  Arms. 

J.    A.    SiNGMASTER. 

Lutheran  Theological  Seminary, 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 


I  grieve  also  for  our  Church  and  for  the  whole 
Church  of   Christ,   which   suffers  loss  tin-ough  the 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  53 

death  of  C.  L.  Brown,  a  genuine  Christian,  a  Chris- 
tian gentleman,  and  a  most  devoted,  faithful  and 
fruitful  servant  of  his  Lord,  indeed,  I  envy  him 
his  heroic  death  and  his  high  heavenly  reward.  In 
your  own  great  loss  just  think  how  greatly  he  has 
gained.  Rejoice  for  him.  That  is  what  I  am  trying 
to  do. 

John  W.  IIorine. 
Lutheran  Theological  Seminary, 
Columbia,  S.  C. 


The  news  of  the  death  of  our  beloved  Dr.  Brown 
in  Liberia  on  the  5th  instant  has  come  to  us  as  a 
great  and  severe  blow. 

I  am  sure  that  all  agree  that  your  beloved  husband 
was  one  of  God's  special  noble  men,  who  was  will- 
ing to  spend  and  be  spent  in  the  service  of  our 
Master  for  the  upbuilding  of  His  Kingdom.  His 
early  death  is  a  great  blow  to  our  Church  and  its 
missionary  work,  because  of  Dr.  Brown's  winning 
personality,  whole-hearted  intelligent  interest,  and 
self-sacrificing  and  loyal  service  for  this  cause.  We 
cannot  understand  God's  ways  in  permitting  his 
being  called  away  at  this  time.  We  can  only  bow 
in  submission  to  His  will  and  pray  for  consolation 
and  strength  and  also  hope  that  God  may  raise  up 
others  to  carry  on  the  great  work  in  the  same  spirit. 

Laukitz  L.\rsen, 
President,  National  Lutheran  Council. 
437  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City. 


54  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

This  news  has  shocked  us  very  much  indeed. 
\\'ith  Mr.  Oldham  we  have  shared  the  appreciation 
of  the  splendid  work  which  Dr.  Brown  was  doing 
in  British  East  Africa,  opening  the  way  for  the 
American  Lutheran  Churches  to  take  over  the  mis- 
sionary work  formerly  carried  on  in  that  part  of 
Africa  by  the  German  missions.  He  seemed  speci- 
ally qualified  for  the  responsible  work  entrusted  to 
him  by  your  Council.  His  loss  at  this  time  seems 
to  us  to  be  one  that  is  exceedingly  great.  More  than 
this  we  cannot  say.  The  work  will  go  on,  even 
though  the  workers  fall  by  the  wayside.  We  know 
that  the  Lord  of  the  vineyard  has  his  plans  and  in 
His  wisdom  and  power  will  surely  accomplish  them. 

In  faith,  though  with  heavy  hearts,  we  must  go 
forward,  assured  of  victory. 

A.  L.  Warnshuis, 
Secretary  of  the  International  Missionary 
Council. 
London,  England. 


Our  loss,  as  we  count  loss,  is  great.  Perhaps  no 
other  member  of  the  Board  is  in  position  to  realize 
as  I  do  what  his  death  means  to  the  cause  of  foreign 
missions.  I  have  known  him  since  he  first  went  to 
Japan.  As  a  member  of  the  Board  of  the  United 
Synod  South,  for  about  twelve  years  previous  to 
the  merger,  I  was  in  position  to  know  of  his  ability 
and  worth.  But  it  was  during  the  years  following 
the  death  of  Doctor  Holland  that  I  came  into  close 
personal  contact  and  fellowship  with  him.  Together 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES  55 

we   planned,     worried    over    perplexing    problems, 
yearned  over  the  appalling  needs  of  Japan,  agonized 
in  faith  and  hope  and  prayer,  and  jointly  gave  the 
best  that  was  in  us  for  the  furtherance  of  the  cause. 
And  since  the  merger,  what  a  tower  of  strength  was 
he !    We  of  the  Japan  Mission  Committee  felt  secure 
with  his  splendid  judgment  and  unquestioned  devo- 
tion as  a  refuge.    I  feel  a  keen  sense  of  personal  be- 
reavement.    And    my    heart    goes    out    in    deepest 
sympathy  with  the  grief-stricken  wife  and  children. 
Before  this  inscrutable  mystery  my  mind  is  lost 
in  wonder  and  bewilderment,  and  my  heart  is  dumb 
within   me.      I   dare   not   murmur  or   question   the 
strange   workings  of   God's   permissive   providence. 
He  calls  His  faithful  workers  home  to  give  them 
the  reward  promised  by  their  Lord  and  Master,  but 
He  will  carry  on  the  work  by  others,  though  accord- 
ing to  man's  estimation  less  able  and  less  fatted  than 
the  hero  whose  mortality  sleeps  in  the  soil  of  Africa. 
May   God  sustain   with   His  abundant    grace    and 
blessing  the  sorrowing  family !     May    He    call    a 
workman  through   whom    to    carry    on    the    work, 
which  to  us  seems  to  have  received  so  lamentable  a 
blow,  to  a  consummation  which  shall  redound  to  His 
praise  and  honor  and  glory ! 

M.  J.  Epting. 
Savannah,  Ga. 


The  loss  to  the  Church  and  especially  to  the  de- 
partment of  Foreign  Missions  is  beyond  our  ability 
to  compute.  But  he  died  in  the  cause  so  dear  to  his 


56  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

heart  and  I  believe  God  in  His  wisdom  will  make 
this  sad  event  and  great  loss  just  now,  the  divine 
seed  of  a  great  harshest  in  the  foreign  field  in  the 
years  ahead  of  us. 

M.    M.   KiNARD. 

Winston-Salem,  N,  C. 


With  a  sorrowful  heart  I  acknowledge  the  re- 
ceipt of  your  letter  announcing  the  death  of  our 
beloved  Dr.  Brown,     My  heart  bleeds. 

R.   C.   G.   BlELINSKI. 

Delanco,  N.  J 


The  letter  with  the  shocking  news  of  Dr.  Brown's 
death  in  Africa  was  received  yesterday.  I  cannot 
tell  you  how  I  feel  about  it.  You  know  better  your- 
self than  I  can  express  it.  It  is  an  incalculable  loss. 
We  must  trust  in  God.  He  will  show  the  way.  How 
deep  the  grief  must  be  to  Mrs.  Brown !  May  God 
be  gracious  and  merciful  to  her! 

George  A.  Greiss. 
Allentown,  Pa. 


Just  received  your  letter  telling  of  Dr.  Brown's 
death.  We  are  indeed  very  sorry  to  hear  of  his 
untimely  death.  He  was  one  of  the  men  whom  we 
had  learned  to  love  and  had  great  confidence  in.  We 
feel  that  the  foreign  mission  has  lost  one  of  its 
best  men. 


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May  God  supply  the  man  who  will  faithfully  and 
ably  fill  the  place  he  has  left  vacant ! 

V.  W.  BONDO. 

Racine,  Wis. 


I  have  known  Dr.  Brown  for  many  years,  in  fact, 
I  knew  him  before  he  first  went  to  Japan.  Truly  a 
good  man  has  fallen  and  he  will  not  only  be  missed 
in  the  home  and  in  our  Board  meetings,  but  through- 
out the  Church. 

H.  L.  BONHAM. 

Chilhowie,  Va. 


It  was  a  great  shock  to  me  to  have  your  letter 
of  December  loth  informing  me  of  the  sudden 
death  of  Dr.  Charles  L.  Brown.  I  was  under  the 
impression  that  Dr.  Brown  was  on  his  return  to 
the  United  States. 

When  Dr.  Simon  and  I  returned  from  our  last 
Board  meeting  in  Baltimore  we  were  talking  of 
having  Dr.  Brown  come  to  Hagerstown  as  soon  as 
he  returned  to  make  an  address  to  the  United  Luth- 
eran Churches  of  Hagerstown.  I  can  assure  you 
that  it  is  a  grief  to  the  Board  and  the  entire  Church 
to  hear  of  the  death  of  such  a  great  and  good  man 
as  Dr.  Brown. 

M.  P.  MOLLER. 

Hagerstown,  Md. 


58  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Our  hearts  are  saddened  by  the  news  of  Dr. 
Brown's  death  in  Africa. 

Our  tender  sympathy  attends  dear  Mrs.  Brown 
in  her  bereavement. 

The  loss  to  our  Foreign  Mission  work,  especially 
as  relating  to  the  Japan  Mission,  will  mean  much 
to  our  Board. 

Helen  C.  Beegle, 
Executive   Secretary,  Women's   Mis- 
sionary Society. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


In  the  most  unexpected  death  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Brown 
in  Africa  our  Japan  Lutheran  Mission  lost  its 
greatest  leader  and  the  Japanese  Lutherans  one  of 
their  truest  friends.  Our  admiration  and  love  for 
Dr.  Brown  was  very  great  and  deep.  To  us  he 
was  an  ideal  missionary  of  the  Cross.  He  was 
quite  skillful  in  the  Japanese  language.  He  spoke 
and  wrote  well,  better  than  the  ordinary  mission- 
aries. He  understood  Japan  and  sympathized  with 
her  national  problems.  In  dealing  with  us  indi- 
vidually, no  one  was  more  sympathetic  and  tactful 
than  he.  He  always  made  us  feel  that  he  was  our 
truest  friend,  in  whom  we  could  put  all  our  confi- 
dence. But  one  thing,  above  all,  which  made  the 
deepest  impression  upon  our  minds  and  hearts,  was 
his  loyalty  to  Christ.  He  believed  in  the  saving 
power  of  the  Gospel.  He  lived  and  worked  con- 
stantly in  that  faith.  In  our  personal  contacts  with 
him  we  always  felt  the  spirit  and  love  of  Christ. 


TRIBUTES   AND   MINUTES 


59 


As  his  religion  was  genuine,  his  character  was  noble. 
The  north  star  of  his  whole  missionary  career  was 
to  be  faithful  to  Christ.  And  as  a  soldier  of  the 
Cross,  he  was  obedient  even  unto  death.  Such  a 
noble  missionary,  our  dear  Dr.  Brown  was.  But, 
alas,  he  is  no  longer  with  us.  Our  sorrow  over  this 
great  loss  is  still  keen,  and  will  be  felt  for  many 
years  to  come.  His  name  will  remain  forever  with 
us  and  will  be  a  source  of  inspiration.  And  we, 
young  men  of  Japan,  shall  dedicate  our  lives  anew 
to  the  great  cause  of  the  Cross,  for  which  our  Dr. 
Brown  so  nobly  lived  and  died. 

Hajime  Inadomi. 


Quotations  from  Letters  Written  by 

Dr.  Brown  to  His  Wife  Describing 

His  Last  Journey 

Arranged  by  Ezra  K.  Bell 

P.  &  O.  S.  N.  Co., 

S.  S.  "Donegal." 
May  19,  1921. 

As  yet  we  have  suffered  nothing  from  the  heat. 
The  weather  has  been  almost  ideal  during  this  whole 
journey.  Even  while  in  London  we  were  lucky  not 
to  have  rain.  Of  course  we  will  run  into  heat  now 
very  soon,  because  we  are  drawing  nearer  the 
equator. 

We  are  just  now  opposite  Mt.  Sinai  as  I  write. 

There  is  a  little  piece  of  verse  which  I  now  set 
down  for  your  enjoyment.  It  is  perhaps  the  last 
verse  I'll  send  along,  for  I  shall  not  likely  get  hold 
of  another  book  of  poems,  and  I'm  certainly  not 
going  into  the  verse  business  myself.  Don't  you 
think  this  little  bit  mighty  nice  and  true? 

HOME  AND  LOVE 

Just   Home  and   Love !   the   words   are  small, 
Four  little   letters   unto  each ; 
And   yet   you   will   not   find   in   all 

60 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  61 

The  wide  and   glorious   range  of   speech 
Two  more  so  tenderly  complete; 
When  angels  talk  in   Heaven  above, 
I'm  sure  they  have  no  words  more  sweet 
Than  Home  and  Love. 

Just    Homo  and   Love!   it's  hard  to  guess 
Which   of   the  two   were   best  to   gain. 
Home  without  Love  is  bitterness; 
Love   without  Home  is  often  patn. 

No!  each  alone   will   seldom  do; 
Somehow    they    travel    hand    in    glove; 
If   you   win   one  you   must   have   two. 
Both    Home  and    Love. 

And   if   you've   both,   well,   then    I'm    sure 
You   ought   to   sing  the   whole   day   long; 
It  doesn't  matter   if  you're  poor 
With  these  to  make  divine  your  song. 
And   so   I   praise  fully   repeat. 
When  angels  talk  in  Heaven  above. 
There  are  no  words   more   simply   sweet 
Than  Home  and  Love. 

Dar-es-Salaam. 

June   19th. 

I  am  sitting  out  here  on  a  broad  verandah  look- 
incf  out  to  sea.  The  low  coast  line  of  Africa  lies  to 
my  left.  Beyond  are  millions  of  blacks,  without 
God,  the  burden  bearers  for  many  races.  Poor 
fellows!  There  is  but  one  power  that  has  ever 
done  much  for  them  and  there  is  but  one  power 
than  can  do  much  for  them,  and  that  power  is  the 
Gospel.  I  hope  that  the  American  Lutheran  Church 
will  do  something  big  to  reclaim  the  work  that  was 
so  hopeful  prior  to  the  war. 


62  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Dar-es-Salaam. 

June  21,  1921. 

I  am  now  awaiting  a  reply  to  my  note  to  the 
Governor.  I  asked  for  an  interview  and  hope  he 
will  give  it  without  delay.  I  plan  to  go  up  into  the 
interior  a  couple  of  hundred  miles  to  investigate  the 
condition  of  the  Mission  Stations.  Up  where  I  am 
going  is  the  finest  country  in  this  whole  territory. 
It  is  near  the  Kilimancharo  Mountain  which  is 
some  19,000  feet  high;  7,000  feet  higher  than  Mt. 
Fugi.  Up  there  it  is  cooler  than  down  here  and 
freer  from  mosquitoes,  I  think.  I  will  have  to  put 
on  heavier  clothes  there  and  sleep  under  blankets. 
Just  when  we  shall  get  away  from  here  I  cannot  yet 
say,  as  I  do  not  know  when  the  Governor  will  grant 
an  interview  or  just  what  will  take  place  at  the  in- 
terview. I  am  very  anxious  to  get  up  into  the  in- 
terior and  find  out  just  what  the  conditions  are. 
Boats  out  here  are  irregular.  Business  is  slack, 
which  makes  it  hard  to  keep  up  a  frequent  schedule 
of  shipping.  Even  trains  do  not  run  but  once  a 
week.  Once  each  week  the  train  carries  passengers 
and  mail,  once  each  week  freight,  once  each  week 
water,  and  then  once  each  week  is  a  mixed  train  for 
freight  and  third  class  passengers. 

Dar-es-Salaam  is  a  rather  pretty  town.  It  was 
the  seat  of  Government  under  the  Germans  and 
also  is  now  under  the  British.  It  has  a  very  pretty 
sea  coast  and  a  nice  little  harbor.  The  cocoanut  palm 
groves  and  almond  and  locust  trees  make  a  pretty 
scene.  The  Germans  had  built  some  nice  homes  in 
the  palm  groves  facing  the  sea.     The  German  ship, 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  63 

"Koenig,"  that  did  so  much  damage  out  here  dur- 
ing the  war  and  was  afterward  sunk  in  the  entrance 
to  the  harbor,  was  recently  raised  from  the  bottom 
and  Hes  on  the  beach  nearby. 

Moshi,  Tanga. 

June  28,  1 92 1. 

Here  I  am  at  the  base  from  which  I  am  to  tour 
the  mission  stations.  Our  train  arrived  yesterday 
afternoon  and  I  at  once  mailed  to  you  a  letter  which 
I  had  written  on  the  train.  We  came  up  to  this 
little  inn  called  "The  Africa"  and  are  waiting  here 
for  Mr.  Eisenschmidt  to  come  and  arrange  for  the 
itinerary.  Mr.  Eisenschmidt  is  a  Russian  who  was 
left  here  when  the  German  missionaries  were  sent 
away.  "The  Africa"  is  a  little  one-story  house  with 
a  tin  roof. 

We  are  at  the  foot  of  the  great  African  moun- 
tain Kilimancharo,  which  towers  19,300  feet  with 
perpetual  snow  around  the  higher  reaches.  Imagine 
me  now  in  a  place  like  Karuizawa  with  Asama  close 
by,  only  twice  or  three  times  the  size  of  the  real 
Asama:  or  at  Gotemba  near  Mt.  Fuji,  with  a  moun- 
tain nearly  twice  the  size  of  the  real  Mt.  Fuji.  The 
air  is  cool  and  delightful  and  I'm  feeling  O.  K. 

Masama,  near  Moshi, 

June  30,  1921. 
I    left   Moshi   on   Wednesday   morning  about    11 
o'clock  and  came  through  the  country  to  the  mission 
home  here  at  Masama.  This  was  my  first  introduc- 
tion  to  the   real  African   trail.     Put   on   my  kakhi 


64  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

shirt,  short  breeches,  spiral  puttees  and  big  tramp- 
ing shoes,  and  walked  20  miles.  From  now  it  is 
tramp,  tramp,  tramp.  No  railroads  nor  steamships. 
Right  through  the  bush,  most  of  the  time  by  a  nar- 
row path. 

The  mission  home  is  very  modest  and  somewhat 
damaged  by  white  ants.  The  ants  in  this  country 
are  amazing.  The  white  ant  is  a  terror.  It  piles 
up  great  mounds  of  earth  everywhere,  eats  up  any 
wood  near  the  ground  making  it  necessary  to  build 
of  mud,  brick,  or  stone,  with  cement  floors ;  and 
then  it  will  attack  your  cement  floors  and  bore 
through  your  brick  walls  and  punch  holes  in  them, 
or  undermine  your  stone  walls  by  boring  under. 
My  companion  slept  on  the  ground  floor  night  before 
last  and  carelessly  left  his  suit-case  on  the  floor. 
It  happened  that  the  white  ants  had  bored  through 
the  cement  floor  in  that  room,  so  they  went  for 
his  suit-case  and  punched  holes  in  it. 

While  on  the  way  Wednesday  we  crossed  the  line 
of  march  of  an  army  of  army-ants.  They  are  a 
big,  reddish-black  ant  that  get  out  of  the  way  of 
neither  man  or  beast.  Pitch  your  tent  in  their  line 
of  march  and  you'll  have  to  move.  Elephants  are 
said  to  keep  out  of  their  way. 

On  Wednesday  and  also  today  we  crossed  a  line 
of  the  big  black  ants  that  destroy  the  white  ants. 
They  take  the  white  ant  by  surprise  if  possible,  for 
if  the  white  ants  find  the  enemy  is  coming  they  rush 
forward  their  soldiers  and  block   the  attack. 

We  also  crossed  the  line  of  march  of  another 
big  ant,  different   from  the  three  kinds  mentioned 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  65 

above.  The  soldiers  of  this  army  on  the  march 
hook  their  tweezers  and  form  a  perfect  network 
bridge  for  protection  to  the  workers  who  pass  be- 
neath the   bridge. 

So  mucli   for  ants.     Now  about  people. 

We  had  six  porters  with  us  on  Wednesday  and 
two  of  the  dearest  little  donkeys.  I  didn't  ride 
the  "donks,"  but  wished  Richard  could  have  been 
along  for  a  trot.  They  belong  to  Missionary  Eisen- 
schmidt.  They  must  have  some  zebra  blood  in 
them  for  there  are  a  few  stripes.  The  porters  car- 
ried our  baggage.  These  Africans  beat  anything 
I've  seen  for  carrying  things  on  the  head.  You  know 
that  big  suitcase  of  mine;  one  fellow  carried  that 
filled  full,  on  his  head,  the  whole  twenty  miles. 
They  can  take  my  steamer  trunk  and  carry  it  any- 
where on  their  heads. 

Before  we  left  Moshi  on  Wednesday  the  Chris- 
tians about  five  miles  away  sent  a  deputation  to 
carry  our  heavy  baggage  to  the  mission  home  there 
and  leave  it  till  our  return.  This  station,  called  Old 
Moshi,  is  the  strongest  and  has  some  i,6oo  Chris- 
tians. Well,  this  deputation  from  the  congregation 
appeared  on  Wednesday  morning  and  took  our 
heavy  baggage  on  the  top  of  their  heads  and 
marched  off  five  miles  in  the  hills,  while  we  started 
out  for  our  20  miles  in  some  other  hills.  The  depu- 
tation also  brought  a  letter  of  welcome  from  the 
congregation. 

Upon  arrival  at  Masama  about  six  in  the  evening 
we  found  the  congregation  of  150  or  2CX)  drawn  up 
in  line  and  singing,  "Now  Thank  We  All  Our  God." 


66  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

After  which  were  a  few  words  of  welcome. 
During  the  journey  on  Wednesday  we  constantly 
passed  natives  with  their  spears,  going  somewhere 
or  another.  The  tribe  among  whom  we  are  now 
is  the  Wachaga  tribe.  They  are  a  good  tribe,  and 
not  so  inclined  to  be  naughty  as  the  Masai. 

July   I,   1921. 

Went  to  visit  one  of  the  mission  schools  this 
morning.  About  45  minutes'  walk  from  the  mis- 
sion home.  I  found  forty  girls  in  attendance.  The 
boys  came  today.  Boys  and  girls  attend  on  alter- 
nate days.  Of  course  the  work  is  very  primary.  The 
children  are  taught  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  and 
a  language  called  Kiswahili.  The  children  are  from 
8  or  10  years  to  14  or  16  years.  Compared  to  Japan 
the  work  is  very  primitive.  Outside  the  school- 
house  are  great  piles  of  stone  which  the  natives 
have  carried  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  chapel. 
They  have  carried  the  stone  over  a  mile  on  their 
heads.  And  all  this  they  are  doing  without  help 
from  the  Mission. 

On  the  way  to  the  school  house  we  passed  a 
sacred  spring  from  which  once  upon  a  time,  it  is 
said,  an  elephant  and  a  woman  sprang.  These  be- 
came the  progenitors  of  the  Wachaga  tribe.  The 
chief  comes  here  every  year  and  holds  a  festival 
with  the  people.  No  one  is  allowed  to  cut  down 
any  of  the  trees  about  the  spring. 

You  ought  to  see  the  pretty  flowers  at  the  mission 
home  here.  This  country  can  be  made  most  beau- 
tiful.     Roses    in     abundance,      oleander,      oranges, 


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peaches,  apples,  lemons,  bananas,  coffee.  It  is  a 
wonderful  country  in  here  for  any  one  who  is  will- 
ing to  be  cut  off  from  European  associations.  The 
nearest  doctor  is  20  miles,  and  the  nearest  dentist 
about  200  miles. 

July  4th. 

Tomorrow  we  go  back  to  Moshi,  where  there  is 
a  congregation  of  1,600  people.  Using  Moshi  as 
headquarters  for  a  time,  we  will  visit  stations  in  that 
section  of  our  territory.  After  that  we  will  go  to 
the  other  side  of  the  territory  and  work  back  to 
where  we  now  are.  It  will  take  about  six  weeks 
to  get  round  among  the  stations  and  300  to  400 
miles  of  walking. 

Last  night  the  white  ants  ran  Mr.  Zeilinger  out 
of  his  room.     They  are  a  miserable  pest. 

We  hope  to  see  the  native  chief  here  when  I  come 
back.  His  son  is  a  catechumen  and  his  daughter 
a  Christian. 

I  have  spent  the  day  largely  in  gathering  informa- 
tion about  the  work.  This  was  a  very  fine  work 
and  was  just  beginning  to  grow  nicely  when  the 
war  came.  The  Christians  have  been  very  faithful, 
and  I  hope  the  American  Christians  will  be  just 
as  faithful  now  in  comingr  to  the  rescue. 


'& 


Old  Moshi.  July  6,  192 1. 
Yesterday  morning  at  10  o'clock  we  left  Masama 
and  tramped  some  20  or  25  miles  to  Old  Moshi.  We 
passed  New  Moshi  about  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
and  there  I  mailed  you  a  letter. 


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It  sure  was  one  pull  yesterday.  I  reached  Old 
Moshi  last  night  at  8:15 — dark  as  Egypt  up  the 
mountain  from  New  Moshi  and  we  didn't  have  a 
lantern  until  half-way  up.  The  porters  had  gone 
ahead  and  taken  the  lantern  with  the  baggage.  We 
are  out  for  a  big  trip  now,  which  will  take  about 
two  weeks.  We  have  some  six  or  eight  porters 
along  and  will  have  to  add  a  couple  more  from  here, 
for  we  now  take  our  folding  cots,  blankets,  bath 
tub,  etc.,  for  camping  out.  We  also  have  two  don- 
keys, a  heavy  rifle,  and  a  double-barreled  shot  gun. 
I  also  have  as  a  protection  against  fast  walking  a 
big  blister  on  my  little  toe  and  a  sore  and  swollen 
leader  above  the  right  heel.  Stopping  here  today 
and  tomorrow  to  see  the  people  and  the  plant  and 
to  rest  up  a  bit. 

Last  night  when  we  arrived  we  found  that  the 
people  had  been  waiting  for  us,  but  since  we  did 
not  arrive  earlier  they  had  gone  home.  They  had 
decorated  the  walk  leading  up  to  the  Mission  Home 
with  archways  of  tremendous  palm  leaves,  roses  and 
fuchsias.  The  whole  front  of  the  house  was  cov- 
ered with  floral  decorations.  They  had  also  brought 
a  half  bushel  of  potatoes,  two  dozen  eggs,  some 
milk,  and  a  chicken,  to  keep  us  the  two  days  we  are 
here. 

Today  they  gathered  about  noon  to  sing  to  us 
songs  of  welcome,  and  ofifer  a  speech.  You  ought 
to  have  seen  the  crowd,  men,  women,  and 
children,  full  three  hundred  of  them.  After 
the  songs,  the  teachers  and  some  of  the  more 
important    members    came    up    on    the    veranda   to 


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shake    hands.     There    were    some    fifty    of    them. 

Well,  you  ought  to  see  this  place.  It  is  the  best 
view  of  nature  I  have  yet  had.  The  mission  station 
is  some  4,8(X)  feet  above  sea,  on  the  side  of  the 
foothills  of  the  great  Kilimancharo  Mountain.  The 
Mission  compound  is  filled  with  the  most  beautiful 
trees,  cedar,  eucalyptus,  mango,  lemon,  wald  fig,  etc. 
The  grounds  are  covered  with  the  most  beautiful 
roses,  fuchsias,  oleander,  etc.  The  surrounding 
hills  are  covered  with  banana  groves.  Facing  the 
plains,  one  looks  out  on  a  wide  expanse  of  almost 
level  ground,  with  mountains  rising  up  here  and 
there  to  break  the  monotony.  Would  that  I  were 
an  artist  and  could  paint  some  of  this  scenery. 

The  house  we  are  in  hasn't  been  occupied  for  a 
year.  The  German  missionaries  were  driven  away 
just  one  year  ago.  It  is  real  pathetic.  Here  is  a 
little  low  bench  beside  me  on  which  the  children 
sat.  Here  are  odds  and  ends  of  furniture  used  by 
the  missionary  family.  Here  is  the  medicine  cabi- 
net filled  with  bottles.  Here  an  old  graphophone, 
there  a  couple  empty  bedsteads.  Too  bad !  Driven 
out  because  they  were  German  and  not  because  they 
had  done  any  wrong. 

Marangu,  July  9th,  192T. 
I  sent  you  a  letter  down  from  the  hills  on  July 
/th.  That  day  I  visited  one  of  the  schools  some 
45  minutes  walk  from  the  Mission  Home.  Ninety 
children  were  present  and  gave  an  exhibition  of 
their  knowledge  of  reading,  writing,  arithmetic, 
singing.     They   were   a   live   crowd.     As   we  came 


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back  to  the  house  the  children  followed  us  singing 
all  the  way.  All  are  naked,  except  a  loose  cloth 
thrown  about  them. 

On  the  way  to  the  school  we  passed  the  home  of 
one  of  the  church  elders.  He  came  out  and  greeted 
us  and  insisted  on  our  coming  into  the  yard.  So  we 
entered  through  a  beautiful  avenue  of  cedar  trees 
into  his  compound. 

There  we  were  presented  with  fine  oranges  and 
pineapples.  Many  of  the  Christian  huts  are  tipped 
with  a  cross.  They  look  rather  picturesque  set  in 
among  the  banana  groves. 

In  the  afternoon  was  the  regular  weekly  service 
for  the  Christians.  The  church  was  filled  and  many 
stood  on  the  outside.  Full  five  hundred  or  more 
were  in  attendance.  On  Sunday  anyone  may  come 
to  the  service,  but  on  Thursday  afternoon  only  the 
Christians. 

Yesterday  morning  we  started  for  Maranga  about 
9.45  o'clock.  The  way  lies  along  most  wonderful 
valleys  whose  sides  are  covered  with  banana  groves, 
the  most  beautiful  palm  trees  and  other  growth,  with 
here  and  there  a  native  hut  tucked  away  among  the 
banana  trees.  Everywhere  as  far  as  the  eye  will 
carry,  are  endless  spans  of  banana  groves,  deep 
valleys,  clear  rocky  mountain  streams,  pretty  water- 
falls. Up  and  down  hill  we  went,  across  valleys 
and  bubbling  brooks,  under  the  palm  branches  hang- 
ing low,  until  we  came  within  two  hours  of  our  des- 
tination. We  had  been  walking  three  hours.  Then 
just  ahead,  right  in  the  middle  of  the  road,  facing 
in  our  direction  stood,  not  a  herd  of  elephants  nor 


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a  pair  of  lions,  nor  a  leopard,  ready  to  spring,  but 
a  host  of  men,  women,  and  children.  Christians  from 
Marangu-Mamba,  two  hours  distant,  come  to  meet 
us  in  the  way  and  welcome  us.  There  were  full 
500  or  600  of  them  and  every  one  carried  a  long 
stick  with  a  bunch  of  pretty  "flowers  tied  at  the 
end.  Most  were  in  the  shape  of  a  torch,  others  took 
the  form  of  a  cross.  Some  of  the  children  were 
not  over  6  or  7  years  old  and  had  come  all  that 
distance.  As  we  drew  near  they  began  singing 
Christian  hymns.  After  a  few  words  of  greeting 
the  whole  congregation  turned  and  led  off  toward 
Marangu,  lifting  their  flower  banners  aloft.  It  was  a 
long  line  extending  hundreds  of  yards  along  the 
mountain  path.  And  as  they  went  they  sang  hymns 
all  the  way,  those  in  front  leading  off  and  those 
behind  taking  up  the  refrain.  And  as  the  long  line 
wound  its  way  over  hills  and  across  valleys,  over 
rocky  paths  and  trembling  bridges,  the  heathen  from 
every  quarter  flocked  to  the  roadside  and  watched 
the  procession  and  cried  out  "jambo,"  which  is  their 
salutation.  Occasionally  some  aged  mother,  more 
bold  than  the  rest,  would  step  into  the  road  and 
grasp  my  hand  and  say  "O  jambo,  jaml)o."  For  one 
trained  among  the  Japanese  this  was  a  w'onderful 
sight. 

When  we  reached  the  house  after  two  hours  of 
fast  marching,  the  children  leaping  and  singing  by 
the  roadside,  and  the  grown-ups  chanting  all  the 
way,  the  procession  halted  and  parted  to  either  side 
of  the  road,  and  lifting  their  flower  banners  high 
formed    an    archway    of    flowers,    under    which    we 


72  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

passed  into  the  Mission  compound.  Then  came 
another  graceful  act.  Four  little  European  children 
stood  at  the  base  of  the  steps,  each  with  a  bouquet 
of  roses  and  violets.  They  stepped  out  and  handed 
the  bouquets  to  us.  I  have  one  pinned  on  my  coat 
now. 

Two  of  the  children  belong  to  a  Mr.  Reach,  who 
is  employed  by  the  Mission  to  look  after  repairs. 
He  lost  his  wife  five  years  ago  and  has  been  keep- 
ing house  by  himself  ever  since.  The  little  girls 
are  6  and  8  years  old.  The  other  two  children  be- 
long to  a  planter  who  lives  in  the  neighborhood. 
These  people  are  Slovaks  and  before  the  war  were 
Austrians.  The  two  children  are  staying  here  at 
present  because  the  mother  is  caring  for  an  Italian 
woman  who  works  on  their  plantation.  The  woman 
is  very  sick  this  morning  and  they  are  trying  to  get 
a  doctor.  There  is  only  one  doctor  nearer  than  50 
miles  and  he  is  8  or  10  hours  away  and  is  no  good. 
Poor  woman!  I'm  sorry  for  her  and  wish  I  w^ere 
a  doctor  myself.  These  are  the  only  white  people 
in  this  whole  district. 

July  nth. 
Yesterday  was  Sunday  and  a  big  day  here.  There 
is  a  nice  church  here  and  a  baptized  membership  of 
1,300.  In  the  morning  from  9.00  o'clock  was  regu- 
lar service.  The  house  was  packed  with  over  1,000 
people.  They  sat  for  two  and  a  half  hours.  You 
ought  to  have  seen  the  floral  decorations  about  the 
altar  and  pulpit.  On  either  side  of  the  pulpit  and 
reading   stand   were   placed   two    fine   banana   trees 


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with  ihcir  large  waving  leaves.  The  same  on  either 
side  the  big  stone  altar.  Then  about  the  altar  were 
other  pretty  decorations,  the  whole  making  a  beau- 
tiful tropical  effect. 

In  the  afternoon  at  2.00  o'clock  was  the  baptismal 
service.  Nineteen  adults  and  four  children  were 
baptized.  Again  more  than  1,000  people  were 
present. 

It  was  a  great  day,  long  to  be  remembered. 

Today  was  another  triumphal  procession.  We 
left  Marangu  this  morning  at  10.00  o'clock  and 
headed  toward  one  of  the  smaller  mission  stations 
some  five  or  six  miles  away.  We  had  not  gone 
far  till  a  crowd  of  school  children  with  the  teacher 
met  us  and  sang  songs  of  welcome.  One  little  fel- 
low climbed  up  into  a  tree  where  the  school  bell 
hangs,  and  while  the  others  were  singing  he  ham- 
mered the  bell.     It  was  a   funny  sight. 

Further  along  the  way  the  chief  of  this  district 
came  to  meet  us  and  conducted  us  to  our  destina- 
tion. He  is  a  tall  fellow  and  thin  as  I  am  with 
big  holes  in  his  ears  larger  than  a  silver  dollar.  Not 
long  after  he  joined  us  a  great  crowd  of  Christians, 
full  800  strong,  came  from  Mwaka  to  meet  us.  They 
carried  flower  banners,  but  much  prettier  than  those 
on  Saturday,  carried  by  the  Marangu  people.  These 
latter  had  more  variety  in  design.  There  were 
crosses,  crowns,  stars,  triangles,  etc.,  with  roses, 
fuchsias,  daisies,  and  many  wild  flowers,  with  pretty 
palm  leaves.  They  marched  ahead  with  baimers 
lifted  and  singing  as  they  went.  The  chief  followed 
the  congregation  and  we  the  chief. 


74  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

We  arrived  at  the  Mission  compound  and  passed 
under  arches  of  flowers  and  along  footpaths  decor- 
ated on  either  side  with  great  palm  leaves.  The 
grounds  about  the  mission  property  are  very  fine. 
Groves  of  pretty  trees,  orchards  of  orange  and  biwa 
and  peach.  There  must  be  200  yards  of  walk  lined 
on  both  sides  with  orange  trees,  standing  so  thick 
that  they  make  a  complete  archway  through  which 
the  sky  is  invisible.  Some  of  the  oranges  are  larger 
than  your  fist  and  most  luscious  in  taste. 

As  we  left  later  in  the  day  one  of  the  native 
teachers  handed  me  a  chicken  as  a  present.  Maybe 
we  will  eat  it  tomorrow. 

Another  chief  met  us  this  afternoon  as  we  passed 
through  his  domain  and  conducted  us  to  the  end 
of  his  territory. 

July   15th. 

We  left  Marangu  on  the  13th  for  a  two-day 
journey  to  Shigatini.  We  rode  our  donkeys  for 
some  distance  down  to  the  plains.  Mine  became 
naughty  once,  stood  on  his  head,  and  pitched  me 
a  nice  little  somersault.  Ran  into  a  big  bunch  of 
baboons  on  the  way.  Had  a  shot  at  one  but  he  got 
away.  I  also  had  a  shot  at  an  antelope  cow  but 
she  too  got  away.  We  walked  all  day  through  the 
plain  in  a  narrow  little  path  with  the  grass  head 
high.  We  came  to  a  small  river  about  dark,  where 
we  camped  for  the  night.  There  are  many  alli- 
gators in  this  ri\er,  ])ut  we  saw  none.  Did  not 
sleep  so  well,  on  account  of  monkeys  and  baboons 
barking  about  us  all  night,  and  two  big  hippopota- 
mus grunting  and  snorting  close  by.     I  arose  early 


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next  morning  and  started  on  a  second  day's  tramp. 
VVe  ran  into  a  bunch  of  prairie  hens  and  killed  two. 
The  path  lay  over  steep  mountains  in  the  afternoon 
and  the  sun  was  blazing  hot.  Perspiration  ran  in 
streams. 

We  arrived  at  Shigatini  yesterday  afternoon. 
Found  that  an  English  officer  on  a  vacation  had 
occupied  the  Mission  House  with  his  wife  and  an- 
other lady.  He  had  just  gotten  back  from  a  trip 
down  in  the  plains  where  he  ran  into  six  lions  all 
in  a  bunch.  Shot  two  and  brought  the  skins  home. 
Upon  our  arrival  we  were  invited  to  tea  and  to 
lunch  today.  There  are  two  houses  here  on  the 
compound,  so  we  are  quartered  in  one  of  them. 
The  congregation  met  us  with  songs  and  flowers  at 
the  entrance  to  the  mission  compound  and  also  pre- 
sented us  with  eight  chickens. 

The  country  about  here  is  not  equal  to  that  from 
which  we  came  and  the  people  also  are  less  sturdy. 
The  work  here  has  suffered  greatly. 

We  leave  here  tomorrow  and  go  to  Usangi  for 
Sunday,  and  from  there  walk  six  hours  to  nearest 
railway  station  and  go  back  to  Moshi,  where  I  mail 
this  letter.  From  Moshi  we  will  go  to  the  other 
extreme  end  of  the  mission  field,  to  Arusha,  some 
three  days'  journey  from  Moshi.  After  that  trip 
we  will  begin  to  wind  up  my  work  here,  have  an- 
other conference  with  the  Government  at  Dar-es- 
Salaam,  and  set  sail  for  Bombay. 

July  1 6th. 
This   morning  we   went   over  to   another   station 


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called  Usangi,  about  one  and  a  half  hours  distant 
from  here.  About  lOO  people  met  us  at  the  entrance 
to  the  mission  compound.  Later  on  the  chief  of 
that  district  came  to  pay  his  respects  and  handed 
in  three  chickens  as  a  present.  Yesterday  afternoon 
a  native  soldier  came  and  presented  us  with  a  leg 
of  mutton. 

After  going  over  the  property  at  Usangi  we  came 
back  here  to  Shigatini  for  the  night.  We  will  re- 
main here  till  tomorrow^  noon  and  attend  service  at 
the  church,  then  walk  across  country  to  the  railway 
and  get  a  train  about  3  o'clock  Monday  morning. 

July   1 8th. 

We  left  Shigatini  yesterday  and  arrived  at  the 
railway  6.00  P.  M.  We  slept  in  the  open  under  a 
full  moon  and  with  the  rats  crawling  around  my 
head  until  five  o'clock  this  morning.  Arrived  by 
train  at  New  Moschi  at  7.30.  We  will  stay  here 
till  this  afternoon  and  then  tramp  three  hours  into 
the  hills  to  Old  Moshi.  We  will  stay  there  tonight 
and  tomorrow.  Leave  next  day  for  the  ten-day 
tramp  to  Arasha  and  other  stations  and  thence  will 
make  way  to  coast. 

As  we  sit  here  looking  out  on  the  country  groups 
of  natives  are  passing  constantly.  The  lowest  type 
of  man  I've  yet  seen  is  the  Massai  people.  They 
are  rather  hideous,  with  their  bodies  smeared  with 
an  ochre  coloring  and  their  hair  oiled  and  smeared. 
They  carry  short  swords  and  a  long  spear.  They 
are  stolid  and  dumb  looking. 


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Groups  of  the  native  Christians  have  been  drop- 
ping in  and  welcoming  us.  One  of  them  can  talk 
good  English  and  another  one  can  speak  German. 
The  English-speaking  fellow  was  once  in  Europe. 
They  are  so  glad  new  missionaries  have  arrived 
and  are  hoping  we  will  send  others  as  fast  as  pos- 
sible. Some  of  the  Christians  are  bright  looking 
fellows. 

The  first  to  call  was  a  man  and  his  wife.  She  is 
rather  an  attractive,  bright  looking  woman,  with 
some  six  or  eight  strings  of  beads  about  her  neck. 
They  all  want  to  shake  hands.  Indeed.  I'm  looking 
forward  with  great  pleasure  to  going  into  the  moun- 
tains to  meet  these  people. 

Tuesday,  July  26th. 

Started  on  the  tramp  to  Nkoarunga  this  morn- 
ing. One  hour  before  we  arrived  we  were  met  by 
a  hundred  Christians,  with  the  usual  Christian 
hymns.  We  left  the  road  for  a  few  minutes  to  see 
a  big  waterfall.  Very  difficult  descent  to  a  good 
place  to  see,  but  we  made  it  O.  K.  At  the  spot 
where  the  Christians  met  us  are  two  graves  of  the 
two  missionaries  who  first  went  to  Arusha.  or  rather 
started,  to  open  the  work,  and  were  murdered  on 
the  way  by  Massai  warriors.  That  was  in  1896, 
only  25  years  ago,  and  now  we  have  two  mission 
stations  and  about  300  Christians  among  them. 

We  arrived  at  Nkoarunga  about  3  o'clock  this 
afternoon  and  after  a  hasty  lunch  went  to  the  church 
to  speak  to  about  150  Christians  who  had  gathered 
to  meet  us  and  greet  us.     In  the  evening  one  of  the 


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teachers  brought  me  a  chicken  as  a  present  and  two 
wooden  spoons. 

This  African  journey  is  taking  a  Httle  longer  than 
I  had  expected,  but  it  is  an  opportunity  of  a  Hfe- 
time  and  means  much  in  every  way.  I  only  regret 
that  while  I'm  out  here  I  cannot  spend  six  months 
in  travel  through  the  interior  to  the  West  Coast 
and  along  the  Congo.  But  that  is  out  of  the  ques- 
tion. Everything  has  worked  out  nicely  with  me 
so  far  and  the  same  Guardian  Angel  that  has  so 
often  kept  watch  is  still  watching. 

Gonja,  Tanganyika,  August  /th,  1921. 
My  last  letter  was  mailed  to  you  on  August  ist, 
last  Monday,  as  we  came  down  from  Old  Moschi 
to  catch  the  train  for  some  60  or  70  miles  away. 
We  left  Old  Moschi  at  8.30  P.  M.,  and  arrived  at 
same  about  one  o'clock  next  morning.  We  threw 
down  our  cots  on  the  station  platform  and  slept  till 
about  6  A.  M.,  when  we  ate  a  hasty  breakfast  and 
started  out  for  our  long  journey  afoot  to  Mbaga. 
We  walked  all  day  until  3  P.  M.,  when  we  stopped 
by  a  nice  little  mountain  stream  and  ate  lunch.  We 
then  discovered  that  a  new  porter  had  thrown  away 
a  piece  of  baggage  an  hour  and  a  half  back  on  the 
road,  so  we  sent  him  and  two  other  men  back  to 
get  it.  The  fellow  was  a  little  queer,  never  has 
worked,  and  threw  a  piece  of  baggage  simply  be- 
cause it  was  heavy.  This  caused  a  loss  of  two 
hours.  We  resumed  the  journey  at  5  o'clock  and 
climbed  and  climbed  until  midnight  before  reach- 
ing our  station  at  Mbaga.  On  the  way,  high  up  on 


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the  mountain,  all  by  himself,  living  as  a  hermit,  we 
came  upon  the  house  of  a  French  priest.  He  is 
completely  isolated  up  there  in  the  mountains,  no 
white  person  being  nearer  than  perhaps  50  or  60 
miles.     We  went  in  and  rested  a  few  moments. 

On  Thursday  we  packed  up  again  and  took  the 
road  to  Gonja,  about  six  hours  distant.  The  path 
lies  along  the  side  of  the  mountains  near  the  top 
and  affords  a  splendid  view  of  the  endless  plains  and 
low  mountains  below.  We  reached  Gonja  about 
5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

Friday  was  occupied  meeting  some  of  the  people 
and  looking  at  the  property.  Conditions  in  this 
section  of  the  field  are  pretty  bad  owing  to  the  war. 
The  work  is  all  disorganized  and  most  of  the  Chris- 
tians have  gone  back.  It  will  require  much  effort 
to  restore  conditions  to  where  they  were. 

We  are  leaving  here  tomorrow  and  walking  six 
hours  to  the  railway  where  we  take  a  train  for  some 
mission  stations  nearer  the  coast.  Next  Sunday 
this  time  we  expect  to  be  in  Tanga,  the  port  from 
which  we  will  sail  back  to  Dar-es-Salaam  for  the 
final  conference  with  the  Government.  I  do  not 
know  yet  when  I  can  get  a  boat  out  of  Dar-es- 
Salaam  for  India.  I  can't  find  out  anything  like 
that  till  I  reach  the  coast.  We  have  had  a  great 
trip  out  here  with  many  experiences,  but  will  be 
mighty  glad  to  board  my  steamer  again  for  parts 
nearer  home.  I  have  worked  mighty  hard  for  the 
past  two  months.  I  can  outwalk  anything  around 
here,  and  have  more  endurance. 


80  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

Wuga,  Tanganyika,  August   ii,   1921. 

As  I  wrote  you  on  August  7th.  we  left  Gonja 
Monday  morning,  August  8th.  and  went  to  the 
railroad  station  nearest,  a  place  called  Mania.  I 
wrote  that  it  was  six  hours  distant,  but  I  was  mis- 
taken. It  took  twelve  hours  of  hard  walking  and 
climbing.  We  had  to  cross  a  high  mountain  range 
and  when  we  began  to  descend  on  the  other  side  it 
was  a  tremendous  descent.  Oh,  but  it  was  beauti- 
ful! All  day  we  were  in  the  high  mountains  and 
did  not  reach  the  plains  until  about  sundown.  For 
half  a  day  we  were  in  mountain  forests  so  thick 
that  we  could  not  see  the  sun.  At  noon  we  stopped 
beside  a  little  stream  for  lunch,  and  sat  on  moss 
that  seemed  to  be  two  feet  or  more  thick.  It  was 
springy  like  a  spring  bed.  The  water  was  almost 
ice  cold.  After  we  left  the  forest  and  began  the 
descent,  our  native  guide  got  lost  and  caused  us  a 
good  deal  of  extra  climbing  before  we  found  the 
right  path  again. 

Arriving  at  Mania  about  8.00  P.  M.  we  found  an 
Indian  in  charge  of  the  station.  He  was  much 
pleased  to  see  some  white  men  and  sell  so  many 
tickets  (we  had  ten  porters).  He  gave  us  all  the 
oranges  we  could  eat,  soda  water  in  bottles,  and 
sugar  for  our  coffee,  and  wouldn't  have  a  cent  pay- 
ment. He  opened  a  vacant  room  in  the  station  for 
us  to  sleep  in.  We  threw  down  our  cots  in  the 
station  and  slept  till  i.oo  A.  M.,  when  we  caught 
the  train  for  Mombo,  the  nearest  station  to  where 
we  now  are,  arriving  about  6.00  A.  M.  From  the 
station  we  had  to  walk  three  and  a  half  hours  to 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  81 

Wuga,  but  it  is  by  a  good  macadam  road.  There  is 
a  good  road  to  Lushoto,  about  25  miles  from  the 
railroad,  where  there  are  soldiers  and  some  English 
officials.  It  is  by  this  road  we  go  to  \Vuga.  It  is 
the  best  road  in  the  country  and  is  really  very  nice, 
winding  in  and  out  among  the  mountains  and  along 
a  mountain  stream.  Yesterday  we  went  to  the  end 
of  this  road  to  Lushoto  to  see  the  English  officials, 
and  enjoyed  the  fine  scenery.  l>ut  it  was  a  9-hour 
walk.  At  Lushoto  there  are  several  English  offi- 
cials and  a  number  of  little  brick  bungalows.  Under 
the  German  Government  Lushoto  was  a  political 
administrative  district  and  the  English  are  using 
the  place  for  the  same  purpose. 

At  Wuga  there  is  a  missionary  who  has  been 
allowed  to  remain  on  account  of  his  sick  wife,  who 
cannot  be  removed.  I  have  just  come  from  her 
room  where  I  was  showing  her  the  family  pictures. 
She  seemed  much  pleased  to  see  the  pictures.  Every- 
body thinks  I  have  a  nice  crowd  at  home.  Well, 
this  poor  lady  has  dropsy  and  cannot  live,  her  hus- 
band thinks,  more  than  a  few  weeks  or  months  at 
most.  They  have  been  married  some  twenty-three 
years,  I  think,  and  she  has  had  good  health.  I  v,as 
told  for  only  the  first  seven  months.  The  troubles 
began  with  malaria  and  black-water  fever.  They 
have  been  living  here  in  Africa  for  27  years. 

Tomorrow  morning  early  we  start  for  Lutindi. 
another  mission  station,  where  there  is  a  home  for 
epileptics.  The  path  lies  across  the  mountains  and 
the  journey  will  take  at  least  eight  or  nine  hours 
of  walking. 


82  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

August  13th. 

We  arrived  at  Lutindi  yesterday  evening  at  6 
o'clock.  The  road  yesterday  was  very  beautiful 
among  the  mountains.  Half  the  time  we  were  in 
heavy  forests,  with  trees  that  seem  to  be  150  feet 
or  more  high.  A  Mr.  Bakermann,  his  wife  and  two 
little  children  live  here  at  Lutindi  and  care  for  some 
88  of  these  epileptics,  crazy  and  half  crazy  people. 
Yesterday  one  of  them  got  loose  and  knocked  down 
a  woman  and  struck  Mr.  Bakermann  in  the  stomach. 
It  took  four  men  to  capture  him.  The  place  is 
located  on  the  very  top  of  a  high  mountain,  with 
other  mountains  and  forests  on  all  sides.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bakermann  have  five  children  in  Germany 
also. 

This  morning  the  Christians  were  called  to  the 
chapel  for  a  meeting.  There  are  over  200  of  them 
here  in  this  vicinity.  The  chapel  was  full. 

Tomorrow,  Sunday,  we  leave  for  Tanga,  the  port 
from  which  we  sail  to  Dar-es-salaam.  Our  train 
will  leave  the  station  at  i.oo  P.  M.,  and  we  should 
be  in  Tanga  by  6  o'clock.  It  is  about  three  hours' 
walk  from  here  to  the  station.  Our  long  walks  in 
East  Africa  are  now  ended.  It  has  been  a  great 
experience.  So  far  I  have  kept  well  and  have  en- 
joyed the  experiences,  though  it  has  been  pretty 
hard  work  most  of  the  time. 

The  German  missionaries  in  this  part  of  the  world 
certainly  led  lives  of  consecration.  Practically  all 
the  mission  stations  out  here  are  away  up,  up,  up 
in  the  mountains,  a  whole  day's  journey  from  any 
other   white   person,    sometimes    a    week's   journey. 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  83 

All  the  work  is  now  in  a  bad  way,  without  mission- 
aries. It  will  take  some  years  to  get  hold  of  the 
situation  again.  The  situation  is  tragic  and  depress- 
ing. I  hope  that  our  Lutherans  in  America  can  get 
under  the  problem  and  solve  it. 

August  30th. 

This  morning  at  10.00  o'clock  I  went  to  the  Gov- 
ernment for  a  final  conference  and  had  a  very  cor- 
dial reception.  I  handed  in  a  copy  of  our  reports 
and   recommendations,  which   were  approved. 

Later  we  went  to  the  postoffice  and  sent  off  a 
cable  to  New  York,  costing  $12.00,  announcing  the 
general  result  of  our  conference.  The  folks  at  home 
can  now  get  busy,  since  we  have  gotten  for  them 
all  that  they  wanted  and  more  too.  So  far  as  Gov- 
ernment is  concerned  our  mission  is  a  complete  suc- 
cess, without  a  hitch  from  start  to  finish.  We  have 
had  a  remarkably  successful  time  of  it  all  round. 
Not  a  day  has  been  lost  on  account  of  bad  weather 
or  other  troubles.  My  steamship  connections,  too, 
so  far,  have  been  ideal. 

October  4,  192 1. 
Now  for  a  word  about  my  India  trip.  On  Sep- 
tember 14th  I  reached  Guntur  in  a  pouring  rain,  the 
first  real  rain  I  had  encountered  since  leaving  the 
U.  S.  in  April.  That  day  we  did  nothing  but  make 
plans.  On  the  15th  Dr.  Victor  McCauley  showed 
me  around  Guntur  a  bit  and  I  visited  various 
schools  and  other  departments  of  work.  On  the 
night  of  the  15th  was  the  big  reception  to  two  In- 


84  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

dian  ministers  of  State,  which  I  attended,  and  at 
which  I  met  some  of  the  ehte  people  of  the  town. 
There  were  fireworks  and  cakes  and  tea  and  silks 
and  jewels. 

The  next  morning  early  Dr.  McCauley  and  I  went 
to  Chirala  where  we  viewed  the  work  and  got  into 
heavy  rains.  There  is  a  hospital  there,  a  big  church, 
schools  and  a  mission  home.  The  country  about 
there  is  sandy  and  looks  much  like  Saga.  You  know 
there  is  great  political  excitement  in  India.  They 
are  trying  to  force  the  British  Government  to  leave 
India  by  not  cooperating  with  it  in  anyway.  This 
town  of  Chirala  is  a  hot  bed  of  agitation.  Twenty 
thousand  people  have  moved  out  of  their  homes 
and  shops  in  the  town  and  are  living  in  little  straw 
huts  in  the  field.  They  do  their  own  weaving  of 
cloth.  I  was  taken  through  the  village  to  see  the 
weaving  in  the  homes. 

From  Chirala  we  came  back  that  night  to  Tenali 
where  Rev.  Harry  Goedeke  is  located.  Here  there 
is  a  mission  home  and  a  school.  The  water  was 
standing  so  high  around  the  compound  that  four  men 
had  to  carry  me  around  to  see  the  buildings,  for  I 
had  no  rubber  boots  and  did  not  care  to  pull  off  my 
trousers. 

Next  day  we  came  back  to  Guntur  for  other 
meetings  and  the  birthday  party  of  Dr.  Aberly.  All 
the  missionaries  were  present  and  the  leading  Indian 
workers. 

The  following  day,  Sunday,  was  also  given  to 
Guntur.  At  6.30  early  breakfast,  at  7.00  review 
of  the  orphans,  8.30  service  in  church,  at  which  I 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  85 

spoke,  9.30  examination  of  Women's  Hospital, 
10.30  service  in  Hospital  Chapel,  at  which  I  again 
spoke,  12.00  lunch  with  Dr.  Aberly,  i. 00-4.00  long 
conference  with  Dr.  Aberly,  4.30  Sunday  school,  at 
which  I  spoke  to  1,000  scholars,  6.30  English  ser- 
vice, at  which  I  preached,  8.00  dinner  at  one  of  the 
homes. 

Monday  morning  early  went  by  motor  to  Sattena- 
pelli  and  thence  to  Narsaravupet  to  see  the  work  at 
these  places.  The  next  day,  Tuesday,  drove  to 
Rentichintala,  to  see  the  conditions  there.  They  have 
three  fine  homes,  a  fine  church,  schools  and  dispen- 
sary there.  Everything  built  with  stone,  for  plenty 
of  stone  lies  loose  on  the  ground. 

On  Wednesday  early  we  started  back  70  miles  by 
motor  to  Guntur.  In  the  same  afternoon  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  McCauley  had  prepared  a  big  reception  for 
all  the  missionaries  and  Indian  workers.  There 
were  about  100  in  all.  There  were  addresses,  with 
nice  refreshments  and  I  was  presented  with  a  silver 
headed  cane.     Quite  a  big  affair. 

That  night  at  one  o'clock  I  left  for  a  wild  sec- 
tion of  the  field,  Tarlupad,  arriving  next  morning 
at  7  o'clock.  We  spent  the  day  in  this  station  look- 
ing over  the  work  and  doing  a  little  hunting  in  the 
afternoon.  We  walked  about  two  miles  and  killed 
a  buck.  We  took  the  train  that  evening  and  traveled 
all  night  to  Samulkot,  some  300  miles  away.  Samul- 
kot  is  where  we  have  our  lace  industry  headquarters. 
Breakfast  with  the  ladies  here  and  a  look  around, 
and  then  off  to  Peddapur  in  an  Overland.  A  look 
around   at   the  big  High   School   and  other   things 


86  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

here  with  meetings  and  speeches.  Then  off  next  day 
by  motor  to  Dowlaishwaram  and  a  look  around 
there.  Here  I  saw  some  of  the  houseboats  which 
the  missionaries  use  on  the  canals  in  their  work. 
The  great  dam  constructed  by  the  Government  and 
the  great  canals  for  irrigation  are  to  be  seen  here. 

From  Dowlaishwaram  we  went  to  Rajahmundry, 
nearby,  to  spend  Sunday.  Here  there  were  meet- 
ings and  dinings,  and  examinations  of  work  from 
early  morning  to  late  at  night.  Four  addresses  on 
Sunday.  On  Saturday  night  a  big  dinner  was  given 
to  me  to  which  the  non-missionary  European  resi- 
dents were  invited.  About  fifty  guests  were  in- 
vited.    Beautiful  affair. 

From  Rajahmundry  on  Monday  to  Tadepalligu- 
dem,  and  from  there  the  same  day  by  motor  to 
Bhimawaram.  This  is  a  rich  section,  well  watered, 
where  they  grow  much  rice,  and  where  beautiful 
canals  irrigate  the  land.  There  is  a  High  School 
of  700  students  here,  whom  I  addressed  twice,  mis- 
sion home  and  other  schools. 

Next  day,  Tuesday,  September  27th,  was  rushed 
back  to  the  railway,  where  I  took  the  night  train 
for   Bombay,   arriving   Thursday   morning. 

My  India  trip,  therefore,  was  a  very  strenuous 
affair.  Little  sleep  and  constant  change  of  scene, 
which  crowded  my  mind. 

Speaking  of  India,  the  missionaries  were  ex- 
ceedingly kind  to  me.  It  was  a  great  experience  for 
me  and  very  valuable.  Would  not  have  missed  it 
for  anything,  but  in  order  to  get  it  in,  have  had  to 
miss  several  other  things. 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  87 

Marseilles,  October  17,  1921. 

Reached  Marseilles  this  morning  about  8  o'clock, 
safe  and  sound.  And  what  do  you  think!  I'm  get- 
ting away  in  the  morning  at  8  o'clock.  This  is  won- 
derful good  fortune.  Really,  I've  had  the  greatest 
good  fortune  on  this  trip,  in  making  connections, 
that  a  man  can  ever  expect  to  have. 

We  are  now  approaching  the  equator  again  and 
I  will  soon  have  to  don  my  thin  clothing  again. 
After  Dakar  it  will  begin  to  get  hot.  On  a  trip 
such  as  I've  had  one  must  carry  a  variety  of  clothing. 
If  you'll  take  your  map  you  can  easily  trace  the 
line  I  have  followed  in  the  past  thirty  days.  Think 
I  have  done  splendidly  and  have  been  patting  my- 
self on  the  shoulder.  Just  think,  on  the  second  day 
of  October.  I  left  Bombay  in  India,  crossed  the 
Indian  Ocean,  passed  through  the  Red  Sea  and  the 
Canal,  sailed  up  the  Mediterranean,  changed  boats 
at  Marseilles,  came  down  the  Mediterranean  past 
Gibraltar,  rounded  North  Africa  and  am  now  ap- 
proaching the  equator  on  the  West  Coast,  and  the 
month  of  October  is  not  yet  ended !  It  almost  equals 
my  record  breaking  trip  from  Yokohama  to  Salem 
in  fourteen  days. 

Monrovia,  Liberia,  Nov.  7,  1921. 
Yesterday  morning  I  landed  at  Monrovia  and  have 
been  staying  with  the  General  Receiver  of  the  Amer- 
ican Government  here,  Mr.  H.  F.  Worley.  Yester- 
day being  Sunday  I  could  do  nothing  toward  get- 
ting up  into  the  interior.  Today  I  have  been  call- 
ing on  Government  officials  and  getting  my  papers 


88  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

properly  fixed  up.  The  President  is  sick  and  I  can- 
not see  him  at  present.  But  the  American  Minister, 
the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  etc.,  have  been 
called  on. 

Tomorrow  I  take  a  steam  launch  and  go  up  the 
river  to  the  main  station  at  Muhlenberg,  and  thence 
I  go  into  the  interior  for  about  four  weeks  of  hard 
journeying.  This  being  the  beginning  of  the  hot 
season  it  is  going  to  be  a  real  hot  job. 

Mr.  Worley,  with  whom  I'm  staying,  has  his 
family  in  Washington  and  has  been  away  from  them 
now  nearly  two  years.  He  has  cabled  the  U.  S. 
Government  for  a  furlough  and  is  now  waiting  for 
an  answer.  He  controls  the  finances  of  this  country 
and  has  enlightened  me  very  much  on  Liberian 
affairs.  He  has  been  exceedingly  kind  to  me  and 
helpful.  He  knows  all  our  people  and  is  very 
friendly  to  Missions.  He  himself  is  an  active  and 
earnest  Christian,  a  rare  thing  in  Government  people 
on  these  foreign  shores. 

I  find  that  it  will  take  me  at  least  four  weeks  to 
cover  the  ground  here.  The  distances  are  so  great 
and  I  cannot  rush  quite  as  much  as  in  East  Africa, 
for  the  climatic  conditions  are  not  as  favorable. 
But  it  will  not  be  long  after  Christmas,  possibly  two 
weeks.  Then,  too,  steamer  connections  here  are 
more  difficult  than  anywhere  else.  Only  a  few 
boats  call  here.  I'm  sure  I  can  get  away  in  Decem- 
ber, though,  and  then  from  twenty  days  to  a  month 
will  put  me  home.  I'm  so  very  sorry  that  I  cannot 
reach  home  by  Christmas  and  to  me  it  is  a  terrible 
disappointment. 


QUOTATIONS  FROM  LETTERS  89 

My  head  is  buzzing  with  quinine  tonight.  I  am 
taking  5  grains  per  day  now.  I  haven't  been  sick 
a  day  so  far  and  want  to  pull  off  this  Liberian 
job  with  the  same  good  health. 

Muhlenberg  Mission. 

Liberia,  W.  Africa. 

Nov.  10,  1921. 

On  Tuesday  at  11.00  A.M.  I  went  down  to  the 
river  to  take  a  launch  some  25  miles  up  the  river 
to  the  Mission,  but  on  account  of  engine  trouble  the 
launch  was  not  ready  to  start  at  3.30  p.m.  So  I 
hired  another  launch  and  came  on  up.  That  was 
some  trip.  Of  course  there  w-ere  many  negroes  com- 
ing up  the  river  also  and  I  agreed  that  as  many  as 
could  get  in  could  come  along.  In  addition  another 
boat  was  roped  behind  and  filled  with  baggage  and 
people.  It  was  a  four-hour  run  up  a  broad  river, 
the  St.  Paul.  The  negroes  were  singing  all  the  way 
and  some  of  the  women  would  scream  whenever  the 
boat  tilted  too  much. 

I  arrived  at  the  Mission  about  8.30  P.  M.  and  sat 
down  to  a  big  dinner  prepared  by  Mrs.  Traub.  All 
the  missionaries  at  this  station  were  present.  They 
were  Mr.  Miller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Traub,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Buschman,  Miss  Otto.  Miss  Dysinger,  Miss  Martens 
and  Sister  Laura  Gilliland. 

The  following  day,  Wednesday,  T  went  through 
the  little  dispensary  and  hospital  on  this  side  of  the 
river,  the  boys'  school,  chapel,  carpenter  shop,  shoe 
shop,  tailor  shop.  Yesterday,  Thursday,  I  crossed 
the  river  to  the  plant  on  the  other  side,  the  big  girls' 


90  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

school  new  building  and  the  nice  hospital  just  fin- 
ished. These  are  the  buildings  that  have  caused  so 
much  trouble  and  therefore  I  am  making  a  special 
examination. 

The  site  of  the  Muhlenberg  Station  is  wonderful. 
Part  of  the  work  is  on  one  side  and  part  on  the 
other  side  of  the  St.  Paul  river.  The  banks  of  the 
river  are  high  and  there  is  a  wonderful  river  scene 
from  the  mission  houses.  To  cross  the  river  we 
use  the  dug-out,  a  small  African  canoe  such  as  you 
see  in  pictures,  dug  out  of  a  solid  log. 

This  morning  I  have  been  examining  the  coffee 
plantation,  and  looking  through  the  cemetery.  The 
balance  of  the  day  and  tomorrow  will  continue  my 
investigations.  On  Sunday  I  speak  to  the  Christians 
on  both  sides  the  river.  Monday  morning  early, 
November  14th,  I  start  out  for  the  interior  stations 
and  beyond  into  territory  where  we  contemplate 
opening  up  new  work.  It  will  take  one  month  of 
traveling  to  complete  this.  There  are  no  roads  and 
we'll  have  to  walk  and  be  carried  across  streams 
and  in  hammocks.  At  the  end  of  this  tour  I  meet 
the  missionaries  to  discuss  problems  for  two  days 
and  then  I  make  for  my  boat  and  home.  At  present 
I'm  trying  to  get  on  a  boat  that  is  expected  to  leave 
Monrovia  about  December  i8th. 

Now,  this  may  be  my  last  letter  and  it  may  not. 
If  I  find  that  I  can  send  down  mail  from  the  wilder- 
ness and  that  it  is  likely  to  catch  a  boat,  of  course 
I'll  write.  But  if  you  don't  hear  from  me  for  the 
next  month  or  six  weeks  you  will  know  that  I'm 
on  the  way  home. 


Excerpts  from  Publications 

Arranged  by  Luther  B.  Wolf 

Japan  as  a  Mission  Field 

'"  I  ^  HE    Christianization    of    Japan    will    mean 
A  more  than  we  can  imagine  in  favor  of  the 

evangelization   of    the    other    great    non-Christian 
countries." 

"It  should  be  borne  in  mind  constantly  that  Japan 
is  no  ordinary  heathen  country,  deserving  only  pass- 
ing consideration.  There  is  a  civilization  peculiar  to 
the  nation,  yet  a  highly  developed  and  in  some  re- 
spects refined  civilization." 

Japan's  Educational  System 

"The  system  of  education  is  almost  ideal  in  theory 
and  very  effective  even  in  practice." 

"Illiteracy  is  not  common,  being  less  than  six  per 
cent." 

"Among  the  people  are  great  scholars  and  think- 
ers, reputable  scientists  and  specialists  in  every  de- 
partment." 

Japan's  R.\nk  Among  the  Nations 

■  "Such      intellectual,      commercial     and     political 
strength  places  Japan  among  the  first-class  nations 

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92  BROWN  MEMORIAL 

of  the  world  and  gives  to  her  the  dominant  position 
and  deciding  voice  in  the  development  of  the  far 
East." 

"Japan  will  necessarily  control  the  development 
of  China  and  Korea  for  many  years  to  come.  Ten 
years  ago  there  were  only  two  Chinese  students  in 
all  the  schools  of  Japan.     Today,  there  are  13,000." 

"Japanese,  instead  of  American  and  European 
teachers,  are  everywhere  given  the  preference." 

Japan's  Opportunities  for  Mission  Work 

"The  Japanese  mind  is  rather  inclined  to  consider 
favorably  a  subject  simply  because  it  is  foreign." 

"Such  receptivity  is  not  confined  to  material 
things  alone." 

"If  hitherto  the  Japanese  have  rejected  or  been 
indifferent  to  the  Christian  religion,  it  is  not  because 
they  disliked  Christianity  in  itself — but  it  is  because 
they  believed  that  it  in  some  way  if  adopted,  would 
become  a  menace  to  the  State.  But  the  success  of 
Protestant  Missions  have  proved  to  the  people  at 
large  that  a  man  can  be  loyal  to  the  Emperor  and 
faithful  to  Jesus  Christ." 

"And  thus  great  national  receptivity  of  mind  com- 
bined with  serious  heart-searching,  constitutes  a 
great  opportunity  for  the  Church  of  today." 

"The  Japanese  are  as  nationally  inclined  to  reli- 
gious worship,  as  any  other  people." 

"More  students  in  proportion  than  any  other  class 
read  the  Bible  and  attend  the  churches." 

"The  very  success  demands  greater  effort  and  con- 
stitutes a  unique  opportunity." 


EXCERPTS  FROM  PUBLICATIONS  93 

Open  Doors  in  Schools  and  Seminary 

1.  "There  is  a  growing  desire  on  the  part  of 
Christian  and  non-Christian  parents  aHke,  to  send 
their  children  where  sound  moral  instruction  is 
given." 

2.  "The  larger  Missions  saw  the  necessity — early 
in  their  history  to  found  one  or  more  Christian 
Schools  for  boys  and  girls." 

3.  "We  must  have  pastors."  "We  need  educated 
laymen."  "The  grade  (of  our  school)  should  be 
high  enough  to  carry  a  student  to  the  Junior  year 
of  an  American  College." 

4.  "From  the  side  of  the  Mission  and  the  Home 
Church,  the  matter  is  that  we  have  only  the  begin- 
nings of  a  Seminary.  There  is  no  hope  for  a 
Japanese  Lutheran  Ministry  until  the  Seminary  is 
established  on  a  firm  foundation." 

A  Ten-Year  Program   for  Japan 

"The  plan  calls  for  an  increase  of  twenty-three 
missionary  families;  twenty-six  single  missionary 
ladies.  It  appeals  for  the  building  and  equipment  of 
a  good  Seminary  and  a  Girls'  School ;  thirty-two 
Churches  and  Chapels;  seven  missionary  homes  at 
once  and  thirteen  others  as  the  force  increases." 

"There  are  not  the  figures  of  men  gone  mad,  but 
the  sober  conclusions  of  conservative  Lutheran  mis- 
sionaries, surrounded — by  those  who  are  doing  even 
larger  things — and  by  the  gathering  forces  of 
heathenism  and  the  necessity  of  striking  a  more  tell- 
ing blow." 


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The  Religion  of  Japan 

"Abundant  evidence  of  religious  faith  and  wor- 
ship. Temples,  shrines,  idols,  cover  the  mountains 
and  fill  the  valleys." 

"Practically  all  Japanese  believe  in  Shinto  or 
Confucianism  or  Buddhism,  or  all  these  at  once." 

"Shinto,  the  way  of  the  gods— is  purely  Japanese 
in  origin.  It  fosters  the  doctrines  of  imperial 
divinity  and  ancestor  and  nature  worship."  "It  has 
no  moral  code,  no  dogma.  Its  highest  ambitions  are 
to  remain — a  sort  of  patriotic  cult." 

"Buddhism  has  had  more  influence  over  the 
masses  of  Japan  than  any  other  religion." 

"The  country's  folk-love  and  poetry  are  its 
creation." 

"Buddhism  teaches  many  noble  principles  and 
points  to  a  higher  life  of  self  control."  Its  chief 
doctrine  of  very  great  influence  is  metempsychosis." 
"Buddhism  knows  no  supreme  being." 

"The  soul  is  absorbed  into  the  universal  deity, 
loses  personality— to  enter  the  Buddhist  heaven, 
Nirvana." 

"Confucianism,  strictly  speaking,  is  not  a  religion 
in  the  true  sense."  "It  lays  no  claim  to  any  knowl- 
edge that  is  supernatural." 

"Confucius  teaches  nothing  about  the  relation  be- 
tween man  and  God." 

"It  is  entirely  an  elaboration  of  principles  that 
should  govern  man  in  his  relation  to  man." 

"Confucius  did  not  teach  a  brotherhood  of  man." 


EXCERPTS  FROM   PUBLICATIONS  95 

Results  and  Outlook 

"Remembering  what  tremendous  odds  Chris- 
tianity had  to  contend  against  from  the  first,  the 
work  of  the  past  thirty-five  years  ought  to  be  counted 
successful  to  a  very  high  degree."  "On  non-Chris- 
tian authorit) — at  least  one  milHon  persons  accept 
the  primary  truths  of  Scripture,  who  are  not  openly 
identified  with  the  Church." 

"The  results  that  lie  not  so  much  on  the  surface, 
are  even  greater  and  pledge  most  for  the  future." 

"We  confidently  expect  the  evangelization  of 
Japan  during  the  20th  Century." 

From  His  Tracts 

I.  "Is  There  No  Better  Way?" 

"Oh,  my  precious  little  Chrysanthemum,"  she 
murmured.  "Must  you  face  the  same  lot?  Are 
women  born  but  to  sufifer?  Is  there  no  better  way?" 
The  young  mother  raised  her  eyes  and  looked  to- 
ward the  great  ocean. 

"Over  across  the  ocean,  on  that  very  day,  a  great 
missionary  convention  was  being  held,  in  America. 
The  question  of  absorbing  interest  was  a  resolution 
pledging  support  to  the  erection  and  maintenance  of 
a  school  for  girls  in  Japan.  The  consecrated  fervor 
of  the  missionary  who  plead  for  the  women  and 
girls  of  the  Sunrise  Kingdom  had  reached  every 
heart. 

"No  nation,"  said  the  speaker  in  conclusion,  "can 
rise  higher  than  the  level  of  its  womanhood.  We 
cannot  raise  Japan  any  higher,  until  we  lift  up  the 


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women  of  Japan  to  the  level  to  which  our  Saviour 
exalted  womanhood  until  we  have  Christian  schools 
for  the  girls  in  Japan."  The  speaker  paused.  There 
was  a  moment  of  silence.  "Are  you  ready  for  the 
question  ?"  asked  the  president. 

"Question !"  "Question !"  sounded  insistently  from 
the  floor. 

"All  in  favor  of  adopting  the  resolution  make  it 
known  by  saying  "aye." 

Away  over  in  Japan  O  Tomi  San  sighed  hope- 
lessly. 

"O  my  precious  one,"  sobbed  she  as  she  bent  over 
her  child,  "is  there  no  better  way  for  you?" 

Little  Chrysanthemum  looked  up  into  the  tearful 
eyes  of  her  mother  and  her  tiny  lips  quivered.  Then 
suddenly  a  radiant  smile  transformed  the  face  of 
the  child,  as  if  a  unanimous  chorus  of  "ayes"  had 
crossed  the  ocean  and  reached  her  ears." 

2.  "Two  Streams." 

"One  hundred  and  thirty  boys  turned  sadly,  and 
walked  away  with  leaden  hearts." 

"Go  back.  Go  back,"  was  our  unspoken  message 
to  them.  "Back  to  your  Buddha,  back  to  your  idol 
temples,  back  to  your  shrines,  back  into  the  foul 
streams  of  idolatry  from  which  you  came." 

"The  faculty  of  Kyushu  Gakuin  would  have  been 
glad  to  welcome  two  hundred  and  fifty  new  students 
that  day,  instead  of  one  hundred  and  twenty.  Not 
one  of  those  boys  was  without  a  growing  mind  and 
an  immortal  soul.  Not  one  was  there  for  whom 
Christ  had  not  died.  Yet  there  was  a  limit  to 
the  size  and  number  of  class-rooms  and  there  was 


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a  limit  to  the  funds  for  expenses. 

The  faculty  of  Kyushu  Gakuin  were  not  giving 
their  own  message  when  they  said  to  the  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty.  "Go  back."  They  were  only  spokes- 
men for  the  Church  in  America,  which  sent  over 
the  message,  "We  can  give  no  more  for  foreign 
missions  this  year." 

Since  that  school  opened  its  doors  seven  hundred 
and  three  boys  have  been  turned  away." 

HERE  AND  THERE 

I   have  heard   the  Church   bells   ringing. 
As  the  sexton  pulled  the  rope, 
I    have   heard    the    Church    choirs    singing, 
Songs    of    Christian    love   and   hope. 

Stood  in  wonder  at  the  entrance 
Of   some  pile  of  brick  and  stone, 
As   there  came  a   quick   remembrance 
Of  the  cost  of  this  alone. 

Seen  the  empty  benches  filling. 
With  a  prosperous  happy  folk. 
Heard  the  story  always  thrilling. 
As  the  preacher  clearly  spoke. 

Of    the    Christ,   the    King   of    Glory, 
Come    from   heaven   to   dwell    'mongst   men. 
Of   redeeming  love's  blest  storj-, 
Told  them  oft  yet  sweet  again. 


Then   my  meditation   shifted 
To  a  distant   foreign   land, 
And  the   screening  veil   was    lifted 
From  the  ocean's  endless  strand. 


98  BROWN  AIEMORIAL 

Here   I   see   a   Availing  nation, 
Groping  blindly   for   the   Light, 
Heirs   with   us  of    God's   Salvation, 
Wandering    far   in   darkest   night. 

Some   are   kneeling   by   the   altar 
Wrapped   in   sacrificial    smoke ; 
Others   up  the   mountains   falter. 
Driven  by  a  groundless  hope. 

Some    before    their    temples    golden 
Stand  in   deep  humility. 
Others   to   an   image  olden 
Pray  eternal  life  to  see. 

Some  their  rosaries  are  counting 

Far  into  the  fading  light ; 

Others  prayer  wheels  now  are  mounting 

Turning  prayers  throughout  the  night. 

Some  are  boasting  of  their  learning 
Gleaned  from  sceptics  of  the  West, 
Some  to  Western  vice  are  turning, 
Crying,  "Western  ways  are  best." 

Yet    from    all    these    millions    thronging, 
On  the  shores  of  endless  sea, 
Rise  the  prayers  of  wistful  longing, 
For  the  Christ  of  Gallilee. 

Sick  their  hearts  of  empty  fiction, 
And  the  law's  relentless  wheel. 
Waiting   for  a  benediction 
To  the  "Unknown   God"  they  kneel. 

Heirs   of   God   with   sins   forgiven. 
Those  who  kneel  in  Western  lands ; 
Joint   heirs  those  but   evil-driven. 
Those  who  kneel  on  Eastern  sands. 


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Stir  our  hearts  and   make  them  tender, 
Make,  O  Lord,  our  conscience  true, 
That  in  faith,  we  may  remember, 
The  work  Thou  gavest  us  to  do. 

Save   Thy  children   from  the  danger 
Of  the  slothful  servant's  sin. 
That  beside  the  Holy   Manger, 
All   may  kneel  to  Thee  through   Him. 


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